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ArchivesRe: More about the meaning of the Ancient Greek Name: Peukolaos
in reply to a message by Superalpha1
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The author makes a common mistake about Greek and Indian names. Indo-European dithematic names (absent only from the Italic languages) follow a set pattern. A prototheme is combined with a deuterotheme (the latter indicates gender) to produce a name. Each of these themes has an independent meaning which has some significance. When combined they may seem like a compound word, but that's only an accident. Very often the prototheme and deuterotheme are at odds or seem to make no sense when combined. However, names of significant types of tree are common name elements, and names comparable to Peukolaos are found in other Indo-European languages.
The author makes a common mistake about Greek and Indian names. Indo-European dithematic names (absent only from the Italic languages) follow a set pattern. A prototheme is combined with a deuterotheme (the latter indicates gender) to produce a name. Each of these themes has an independent meaning which has some significance. When combined they may seem like a compound word, but that's only an accident. Very often the prototheme and deuterotheme are at odds or seem to make no sense when combined. However, names of significant types of tree are common name elements, and names comparable to Peukolaos are found in other Indo-European languages.
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