Re: [tied] stephanos

On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:40:42 +0200, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
wrote:

>hmmm.. stephanos. Howe is this to derive ? is a compound like "orphanos"
>with suffix "-phanos"?

There is no suffix -phanos. stephanos is from *stebh- (perhaps the
PIE root *stebh- ~ *stemb- ~ *stab-).

>the semantic evolution is easy to follow ( the one with the crown
>"stephanos" is the ruller "stãpân") but there is the problem of "ph"
>here. The form without "ph" should be the ancient one.
>The loans from Greek in Rom. where there is a "ph" remains with a "f" as
>expected. ( trupha = trufa)

Stephanos, like kolaphos, was borrowed early with Latin /p(h)/, not
/f/. Cf. Spa. Estéban, Cat. Esteve, Fr. Étienne.

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