Re: [tied] etymology of Keftiu

Aside from the etymology, just something that came to
mind:

1) "Copt" in Coptic is "Kipti."

2) And there may be something to Keftiu/Cretan and
biblical Kaphtor, since Kind David employed
"Cherethite" guards, and in the reign of Saul there
was a "negeb" of the Cretans in Palestine (1 Samuel
30:14).

Just two things that came to mind.

Nirmal Dass

> Thus *Kuptar
> somehow refers to Crete, from which we would get
> "Cypros", a nativized
> Egyptian title [Ht-k'-pth.], [kfti.w] and "Kaphtor".
> The word *kupta
> itself might refer to whatever Crete may have been
> famous for? And so,
> we'd have *kuptana ("of *kupta"), *kupte ("with
> *kupta") and *kuptanu
> (a derivative of *kuptana?)
>
> Just thoughts.
>
>
> = gLeN
> XOXOXO
>
>

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