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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Cuadrado" <dicoceltique@...> wrote:
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>
> Hello
> I saw in web site that the old name of Ankara
> was A(n)kuwash from hittite
> but i don't what it means
> Hittite Ankuwash < Celtic Ancyra < Now Ankara
>
> It's easy to connect A(n)kuwash with Grec Ankyra (Hook/Anchor
> <Anchoring/Harbor) but Ankara is very far from the black sea and i
> didn't found big rivers to bring boats to this city
>
> Does anybody knows what does it means "A(n)kuwash" ?
> Does Celtic(Galatian) Name Ancyra come from Grec Ankyra ?
> Does any possibility to connect A(n)kuwash with IE Ang/Ank- = Narrow ?
>
> thanks
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If you go to:
www.travelmarker.nl/bestemmingen/azie/turkije/bezienswaardigheden/ankara.htm
you find a tourist site in Dutch (if there's an English equivalent I
can't find it) that says " 'Ank' betenkt in vroege Indo-Europese talen
'ravijn' warmee de naam die der Frygiers die stad gaven geografisch
bepaald is.", so somebody seems to agree with your last suggestion. I
suppose it might have been the Hittites rather than the Phrygians that
first used the name.
I also find a silly story of how King Midas dreamed of an anchor
and built a city where one was found. I presume this an ancient Greek
story, but I can't find a source.
Dan