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| Kabeiros on the right side - A big god |
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Etymology of these Big Gods in Greek Mythology called "Cabeiri or Cabiri /kəˈbaɪriː/[1] (Ancient Greek: Κάβειροι, Kábeiroi), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri" (wiki) , is very unconvincing and uncertain.
There are many proposals.
Beekes says the root must be KABAR:
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| Beekes-PreGreek-Etymology |
I see there a very old Proto Altaic and Turkic stem.
like:
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Both from the Dictionary of Dybo/Starostin.
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Turkic word gebe (pregnant) has the same root, for example.
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COULD Kabeiroi and PTurk. stem *Kāp-: 1 to swell, form blisters 2 thick, swollen 3 hill, mound have something to do with each other?
Possible?
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Uzunbacak Adem
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