Re: [tied] Hekto:r etymology

On 02/04/2007 04:36, Rick McCallister wrote:

> I'm sure that this is really not the forum for this,
> but there are plenty of texts that deal with literacy
> and orality, Walter J. Ong's being one of them. My
> point is that even literate societies often replace
> the name of the other.

This is certainly true. My first thoughts about the possibility that
Hektor was a Greek (or at least IE) name were perhaps this is a case of
a title or nickname give by Greek-speakers to a non-IE-speaking
person/character -- or simply a case of a non-IE personal name being
replaced by a similar-sounding Greek personal name (or
plausible-sounding personal name construction).

Cheers,
Carl

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