From: mkelkar2003
Message: 57926
Date: 2008-04-24
>Î`á¼°Î½ÎµÎ¯Î±Ï (Aineias)? What
> Can anyone comment of the underlying forms for the Greek name
> little I've discovered suggests it's derived from Î±Î¯Î½Î¿Ï (ainos)"praise", perhaps with the sense
> "praise-worthy", but I don't fully understand how it's put together.I am given to understand
> that there is also an o-stem form Î`á¼²Î½ÎµÎ¹Î¿Ï (Aineios) likewisesupposedly from Î±Î¯Î½Î¿Ï (ainos),
> in which case perhaps we're seeing the IE -jo- suffix for forminggenitival adjectives (e.g.
> Latin -ius)? Though even then I don't understand the a-stemversion. (Possibly due to my
> limited knowledge of Greek!).Possibly related to Alina, one of the enemies of King Sudas described
>
> Cheers,
> Carl