Some-ancient-words-with-Turkic-etymology

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Here you see ca. 100 words that I could explain with Turkic etymology!

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Aikaterini Word	Info/Meaning	Other Info	Turkic word	Info/Meaning	Other Info
Abaris	A Scythian man	-1000 BC	Bars	A male name like modern und medieval Aybars/Baybars	Bars> Slavic Baris>Porsche
Abas	A myth. character	-1000 BC	Aba	Father/Ancestor
Aiakes	A ruler installed by Darius (6. C BC)	-500 BC	Ay: Moon, Ak: white	Moonhite: his skin color?
Aidos	Deity/word meaning shame - αἰδώς	-1000 BC	Old Turkic uyad/ujad	shame, to be shamed
Aigoceros	Astr. sign Capricorn	-1000 BC	Ay: moon, Gocer=geçe (goat)?
Aitolia/Aitolus	myth. charachters		Ay: moon, dolu/toli: full
Alabandus	a Carian hero, his name means Ala: horse, band: victory	mythical	Ala: red ( color of a horse), yunt: horse	there is a Oghuz tribe called Alayuntlu (they who have red horses)
Alazia/Alazones	an Ancient Greek city / tribe		Alaz Han	An Old Turkic deity of house fire	Alaz: flame
Alcimus	Olympic runner		Argi/Arki	to run swiftly (of a horse)	>Arkun
Alecto/Ἀληκτώ	one of the Furies:  'the implacable or unceasing anger		alık< Proto Turkic *ăl-	1 to become weak 2 bad 3 to be vile (of a man), to turn septic (of a wound) 4 weak, inferior 5 upset 6 old, worn-out 7 crazy 8 lazy man 9 to hurry 10 fool 11 to go mad 12 to deceive 13 perplexed 14 dumb, foolish 15 doubt, surprise 16 error 17 be in doubt, perplexed 18 absent-minded, unattentive 19 weakness
Aleuadai	Ancient Greek aristocratic family, their half legend  first King war called		al<Proto Turkic *jal- 1 to burn, blaze 2 flame	red<like a flame color	Alau-ata?= flame father, Aleuas fepiphet was Pyrrhos meaning flame-colored, yellowish red
Algea/Algos	personification of the pain	the name is related to the word suffix '-algia' denoting a painful condition	Proto Turkic *jal-k- to suffer pain, be nauseated, hate	>yal
Alpheios	a myth person	maning of the root alph- is „growing“	alp	Proto Turk.ic *ălp 1 difficult, hard 2 warrior 3 hero 4 brave 5 giant 6 land- lord
Alyzeus	Ἀλυζεύς: Sohn des akarnanischen Königs Ikarios und Bruder der Penelope und des Leukadios		aliz: weak, thin
Anagyros	A demos in Ancient Greece		On ogur	Turkic: Ten tribes: Onogur > Hungary >	Ten: 10, ogur/oguz
Apama/Ἀπάμα	noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator		apa-ama	apa: father, mama: mother	Papa’s mother?
Arimanius	an evil/bad deity	Plutarch describes him as the dark or evil side in a dualisticopposition with Oromazes	er-yaman	er: man, yaman: bad evil, wicked, sickness, illness
Artembares	A Median eunuch and the head of the cupbearers (then many other persons have this name)		Artem=Erdem? (Virtue)	bares: Bars? (Leopard?)	bar=var? (existing?)
Artoces	was a king of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) from 78 to 63 BC		Artuk, a very old Turkic name	Old Turkic Artuk means rather, superior	Artuk is the name of the Chieftain of a big Turkic tribe and beylik
Athesis	a river name		Atsiz	without name/nameless
Baius	one of the companions of Ulyses		Bay: rich, noble	PTurk. *bāj 1 rich, noble 2 many, numerous
Caracoma	a small town in Thrace		Karakum: black sand	Like Karakum Desert in Asia, a Turkish name for a place name where the Turks live	in the name text a couple of word before we see the place name Orthagoria could mean Orta: the middle (the place where the king lives, gori: fenced (geschützt)???
Caranus	2 Kings of Macedons		Kara: black	Karan: an old Turkic tribe	Karan Tribe Source: Umumi Türk Tarihi Hakkında Tespitler, Görüşler, Mülahazalar von İbrahim Kafesoğlu
Caravantius	An Illyrien		Kara: black
Carcinites	toponym/hydronym on Krim Peninsula	Karkin, too. Pliny the Older wrote about those. There are people who had this name. Carcinus the poet, or a general called Carcinus…	Karkin: Overflown	Karkin: an ola Turkic tribe	Proto Turkic KAr- 1 to overflow 2 moat, ditch (1 переливаться через край 2 канава)  (acc. Dybo/Starostin)
Caresus	a river name		kara: black	su: water	-s suffix?
Cavarus	a „Celtic“ king		Kabar: the conqueror		KAbaroi= a Turkic tribe
Cazeca	a toponym on Crimea		KAZIK	digged,	KAZIK: a stick (for the horses to be bent)
Celer	A Tyrrhenian		Keler	lizard	ProtoTurkic stem
Chamos	a god of Ammonites and Tyrians		kam?	shaman	Other name: Kemosh
Characometes	a river/a place name		Kara: black	kum: sand	-ıt: plural suffix
Charadrus	a river name		Kara: black	duru: still	a good river name
Charaxus	a personal name	Charakus?	Kara: black	kuš: bird
Chobus	a river name in Caucasus		koba/kobu: bucket	kobu: empty
Coruncanius	?
Cynurus	son of Perseus	Κύνουρος	Konur	dark brown, red-brown	Konur-Alp (a Turkic name)
Cyzicus	a personal nme		KIZIK	a possible Turkic name, meaning the angry
Eratus	Hercules’ sin and King of Argos		er-atı	his mature/male name	there are many scripts about ER-ATI, when a man introduces himself
Erbulan	a kind of vine		er: male	bulan: elk
Eualces	a personal name	Athenian	ay-alka	moon-finisher	alka: reddish?
Euhan	a myth. character		Ay-han	ay: moon, han: the chief	Ay-: to say.to tell (Ethan is the author of a race. /Statius-Thebaid)
Garganus	a mountain in Iapygia		garga	raven, crow
Gizeric	Alan king	His grand-son Ilderic has a similarity to Turkic ILDERIS	Gezer	the walker	There is a Gezer Han in Central Asia, his name is interesting. some sources derive it from Kaiser/Caesar
Gonatas	King of Macedon		Konat	many tribes that journey together	kon-; to land, to come
Ikarus	a well-known deity		yokaru	to rise, up,
Ibykus	a poet	cranes are playing a big role in his life	ibik	cocks comb, comb of a bird
Ienysos	a city name		yeni: new	su: water
Ilergetes	per-Roman people of Iberian Peninsula		Ilgeri	east.	-t: plural suffix.(East makes not much sense but a very Turkic word: il: land, people, geri: back)
iliturgi	An ancient Iberian town		il:city	turgi: Turkish
Imbrios	A defender of Troy		yamgur, yagmur	rain	as a personal name since 16. C
Inachidae	a people	Inakhos: myth. King of Argos	Inak (title)	envoy, (tax gatherer)	vassal
Inaros	a King’s name		Inar	dusk	a possible male name
Iothoungoi	a barbarian tribe	scythian	yodun/yotun	to vanish
Issedones	A barbarian tribe		ISI: heat	ton: dress	hot dressed?
Issus	a city in Anatolia		ISI: heat	su: water
Itys	a myth. figure	was also the name for the plaintive cry of the nightingale.(wiki)	e’t, öt	to sing
ilus/iulus	an myth. person	his 2. name Askanius	il: city, el: foreigner, yol: the road	askan<azgan?	Azgan: wild, furious
iuturna/Juturna	goddess of fountains well springs		yul: (protoTurkic *jul)	stream, brook, fountain
Kaeitoi	whereas others say that the clefts caused by earthquakes are called "Kaietoi," (STRABO)		kaya	rock, Mountain, slope
Korakes	Crows		Karga	crow
Oblacus	a commander		opla-: to attack, to rob	Oplayu tegdi (Orhun Stones)
Ochus	a persian king		Okuz/Oguz	Turkic tribes, names	Öküz: Bull
Oebalus	myth. person		Aybala	my beautiful child
Oebaras	a Persian commander		Aybars	moon leopard	see Abaris, the Scythian
Oebotas	An athlete		Aybatu	moon set	Batu: west <bat- to sink
Ogulnius	a Roman gentes		ogul	son	PTurk
Ogyris	An island in Arabian sea		Ogur	a Turkic tribe	or tribes > On Ogur > Hungary
Oiiatai	name on the ATHENIAN tribute List		Ayata	Moon father
Oiobazos	a Persian commander		Aybaš	Turkic name Ay Moon, baš: head
Okhos	A Persian who killed Apis Bull		Okuz/Öküz	Bull
Onaris	A commander		Onar: to remedy, to fix, to correct	Öner: the front man
Ordessos	a river name		orta: middle	su: water
Otus	a personal name		otuz	30
Sachalites	a mountainous region		PTurk. *saka	foot of the mountain
Salsus	a river name		sal: a kind of water vessel	su: water
Sandaraca	a river name		sandar: numbers (in a Turkic dialect)	aka: <ak-: to flow
Tamiras	a person name who introducedreligious rites		tamır	the root, (kök, köken)
Tegyrius	king of Thrace		tegir	wheel, round
Temenides	A royal lineage	<Temenus	temen	a big needle
Teribazos/Tiribazos	A persian commander		diri: alive	baš: head	Turkic deli?=mad
Teritukhmes	A persian commander		diri: alive	toki-: to hit	tokmak: mallet
Teutamus	a King of Larissa		Toytamasa	Uyghur word for Marriage ceremony
Thumantis	a personal name		Tuman	fog, smog
tmarii dorycli thracii	A mountain in Thrace		timir/Timar: vein, artery (of a metal like demir > iron)	doruk: peak of a mountain
Toranius	Roman gentes		Turan	the Urheimat of the Turks	Turan first mentioned in Avestan (2500 years ago)
Torebus	the son of Atys		töre: law	töre-: to be born
Torquata/Torquatus	personal names		torug: dark brown hair of a horse	torig: weak, lean	at: horse
Torumbas	a Thessalian who won the foot-race		torum: a young camel
Toxaris	a famous Scythe		Tuksa-: to jumo, hare	Tuksar: he who jumps	doksan: 90
Toxeus	A myth figure	meaning bowman	ok: arrow, okçu: archer
Turullius	A Roman gentes		Turul/Tuğrul (تغرل)	A holy bird of the Hungarian and The Türks
Tutia	a river name		Tadgun	a kind of big river
Udini	a Scythian tribe		UD-: uy-= to follow, to conform	Udun: a male name
Zygii	name of a Caucasian tribe		çigai/çigan	poor, mischief, impolite, rough	>çingene (gypsy)