Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names

From: Alexander Stolbov
Message: 11563
Date: 2001-11-28

AFAIK in many modern Turkic languages "ata" means "father" too.
I have no idea whether this is valid for Hinnic. 
 
Alexander
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names

My opinion is the standard one -- whatever his Hunnish name, he was best known under his Gothic byname "Daddy" (perhaps resembling or translating the original, but that's hardly necessary).
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names

*****GK: Linguists to the rescue! I always thought that "Attila" was simply a diminutive of the Gothic "Atta"=father, hence "Little Father". Is an alternative possible? Maenchen-Helfen has a large list of Hunnic names in his work some of which he identifies as Iranic. Could we go even further southeastward (from a Central European perspective)?****


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