Res: [tied] Hekto:r etymology

The main questions is:
Were Homeric anthroponyms...
1. Real Trojan names or ficcional names, or Greek translations of Trojan names, or Greek adaptations of Trojan names.

There was attempts to relate Hektor to *ek^wos "horse".

Perhaps Hektor < *HekV-torV, where V is any final vocalic ending, or dropped vowels.
*HekV-torV < *h1ek^wo-; *torV< ?
Just a guess: *h1ek^wo-dHorso-/-dHerso- "strong/dare as a horse"
*h1ek^Wo-dHorso- > *Hek&-tors&> *Hekto:r
His mother's name Hekabe/Hekouba could bear the same preffix.

Following an analogous shift (dH>t; bH>p; gh>k) Priamos could be related to Pergamos, < *bHerg(^)mo - higher

Joao SL

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De: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea@...>
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Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 2 de Abril de 2007 6:09:33
Assunto: 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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