tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919629303444113457.post94606130353067986..comments2023-05-28T04:48:31.880-05:00Comments on MACEDONIAN issues ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ θέματα МАКЕДОНСКИЕ вопросы: Macedonian names and makeDonski pseudo-linguistics: The case of the name AttasM. Η. Μ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14367284148351582033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919629303444113457.post-12416770537078843462014-04-27T18:32:10.279-05:002014-04-27T18:32:10.279-05:00Anonymous ,stay Anonymous for your ramblings and p...Anonymous ,stay Anonymous for your ramblings and poor attempt at linguistics are so embarrassing i too would stay without a name {a(no) num(name)} another Greek word. <br />Greek has survived more so as a culture and language than even a blood line , and it is because of the genius of its grammatical syntax and ever revolving linguistic propensity to survive. A fair amount of Greek lone words will last for many millennia to come (several thousand words exist in every modern language) This is because thousands of years ago a few people in the eastern lower peninsulas and islands of the Mediterranean sea did the important leg work , not just subsisting and existing , but asking questions, trying to make sense of the world around them they pushed on and endured many invasions, many cultural and environmental cataclysms , yet the language and the spirit in which it was created persists. Perhaps if I were you , I would too be dying of such envy. Greek language will continue to persist long after we are both long gone and such arguments will become irrelevant. ACHILLEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894018846789426279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919629303444113457.post-75922828970753930432010-12-10T10:22:42.602-06:002010-12-10T10:22:42.602-06:00It is actually clear on the text above: "Atta...It is actually clear on the text above: "Attas or Atta appears as a name in several Indo-European languages. Attas according to L. Zgusta (Kleinasiatische Personennamen. Prague 1964 105-108) is a typical Anatolian name, attested in the Hittite language as Atta, in Lydian as Atas and in the Phrygian language also as Atas. In Both Greek and Latin Attas / Αττας means father."<br />Atta was indeed an Anatolian name also, independently of the Greek Attas.M. Η. Μ.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14367284148351582033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919629303444113457.post-89405671286503358262010-12-10T10:03:06.350-06:002010-12-10T10:03:06.350-06:00You are right that it is indeed very well attested...You are right that it is indeed very well attested in Anatolia and it is indeed a Greek-Anatolian isogloss. In Anatolia it remained more entrenched than in the area of modern Greece, and it passed on into the Turkish language as Asia Minor Greek speaking populations were being forcibly Islamized, hence the roots of the name Atta-turk.M. Η. Μ.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14367284148351582033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919629303444113457.post-39926093079595499112010-05-04T03:19:17.082-05:002010-05-04T03:19:17.082-05:00That guy's nuts!
Indeed, Attas was used as a...That guy's nuts! <br /><br />Indeed, Attas was used as a Greek name and atta ("o elder/father") is attested as a greek word. I'll surprise you (lol) by not considering the possibility of it being an Anatolian name like other 'baby-talk names', whose origins are still difficult to determine with certainty, you wrote about (Nana, Dados) but it'd still be interesting to know if the word and name is better attested in Anatolia.<br /><br />I'd argue that he picked that category of names exactly because they can be compared to different languages (of different language families, even) but I see that he also considers names like Karanos...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com