Re: [tied] Etymology of Gr. SkutHe:s 'Scythian'

If Persian saka was Indo-Iranian, there must be an Indian equivalent *s^aka. Is there?

If it is IE, we'd expect a form *k^e/o/akWos or k^NkWos.

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Subject: RE: [tied] Etymology of Gr. SkutHe:s 'Scythian'

> From: Āąäčģ Ļīķąš˙äīā [mailto:ponaryad@...] > I do not know if Gr. skutHe:s is really connected with Old > Pers. saka-, but in Old Persian inscriptions (also in > Akkadian and Elamite versions) a form _skudra_ is present ... Yes, I know. >also in Akkadian But cf. Akk. as^guzai, is^kuzai 'Scythians'. > Phonetically Skudra is much closer to Skuthe:s > than Saka, isn't it? But sku:ca- (or sku:ça-) would look like a better candidate (if it really exists). Why, for one, would the Greeks just not render the name as *Skudrai? On the other hand, /tH/ looks like a probable substitution for a foreign s(h)ibilant affricate. > Though some hystorians consider that > Skudra are not Scytheans, but Thracians... Thus in the Kent's list. He doesn't comment much on why he prefers that explanation. Sergei