Saturday, August 27, 2022

Ancient-Greek-Mountain-names-Turkic-Kir

 

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There are many place names related to mountains in Ancient Greece where you can always recognize the syllables like Kr or Kor.





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Krokala Nesos

A sandy island


Kuru: dry

kala: dwelling place


Krokeias

A mountain ridge


kır: mountain



Krommyon akra

the edge of a mountain range on Cypress


kır: mountain



Kronion 

Mountain  


kır: mountain



Krusaioi

A Thracian tribe on Chalkidiki 


Kuru: dry

say: river

on Chalkidiki there are many ricer that are almost dry in summer.

Kryassos

a place name/ foothill


Kuru: dry, kır: mountain

su: water



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Now compare the ProtoTurkic word *kır > Old Turkic kır meaning mountain.



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