Re: Attila (Was: Alanic horseman)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> [...]
> Do we know if the -i- in attila was long or short ?
> If it's long, it might explain why a Greek speaker would
> write att-i:-la with accent on -i-.

I saw Greek spellings with e:ta – ATTHLAS, with acute over H. It's in
Priscus if I don't mistake. Which means, it was long [i:]. But why?