From: Torsten
Message: 67392
Date: 2011-04-26
>That or something similar, cf the distribution of the word:
>
> >In any case, _`uqbAn_ here, is explained in the Arabic text as:
> >`awn (assistant) `ariyf (reeve or prefect) al-qariyah (the
> >village) reproduced here in Arabic script.
>
> It was only this secondary element (in connection with the
> village chief) that was interesting in my context - that fits
> the German Vogt or Schultheiss context.
>
> So, this similarity, in two different cultural areas, is there,
> regardless of the origin of the German notion discussed in the
> thread: Schöffe (i.e., whether Iranian tchuban and Protobulgarian
> župan or the Semite shopet/shupet "judge" are to be taken into
> consideration).
>
> >Compare with (figs. 1 & 5): échevin, Schäffe, Schöffe)
>
> Has échevin of Frankish origin?
>
> (Thank you very much for your input!)