--- George Hinge <
litgh@...> wrote:
>
> > What is etymology of Hypanis?
> I do not have an etymology at hand, but it could
> very well be Iranian,
> since upa- was a common preposition in Indo-Iranian.
*****GK: There is the Hypanis which joins the
Borysthenes; and then the Hypanis which flows into the
sea of Azov; and yet another Hypanis in India: cf. my
"Scythia 4" Stryzhak scan. Cf. also Trubachov's
article in "Voprosi Iazikoznaniia", 1976, n.4, pp.
39-63. He investigates the Indic connection.******
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