Re: [tied] Agamemnon?

And we can discard the possibility of Agamemnon be a Hellenized non-Greek
name.

Joao

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> Eavesdropping here.... What is the etymology of the name Agamemnon?
>
> Hakan

Probably aga- + *mén-mo:n 'staunch in battle' (cf. meno: 'stand fast,
abide', Menela:os < *mene-la:wos. The prefix <aga-> occurs in several other
old names as well as common adjectives like <aga-klutós> 'very famous' or
(Homeric) <agá-nnipHos> (*-snigWHos) 'very snowy'.

Piotr




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