Posts Tagged “northern greek dialect”

atarbos Evidence of «μακεδονιστί» words in the other greek dialects and some conclusions on the unity of the Northern Greek Group and the inclusion of the Macedonians in it PART II

Quote: [Iliad , XX.74] «ἄντα δ' ἄρ' Ἡφαίστοιο μέγας ποταμὸς βαθυδίνης, ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θεοί, ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον.» "...the great, deep-eddying river, that gods called Xanthus, and men Scamander." Apparently , Skamandros must have been a river with clean/pure water and that induced the original anatolian speaking Trojans to call him with a name that derives from PIE *scand- . ...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Comments No Comments »

Easy AdSense by Unreal