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Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

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Pauly's Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

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Findings in May 2025

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I have looked through Türkish window at the names that I have read in the Pauly's Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

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Uzunbacak Adem

Pauly Word	Info	Türkic Word	Info	Extra Info
Oaxes	river on Crete	Aksu	white water
Oaxus Lacus	the lake from which the river Oxus flows, according to Pliny	Aksu	white water	interesting that the 2 hydronyms in different areas have a similar name. Türks were on both areas, as it seems.
Oba	Iberian-Roman city	oba	valley, cavity	Modern Turkish ova
Obai	Laconic term for certain subdivisions in Sparta	oba	valley, cavity
Ocharius	river in Sarmatia	?Akar	thet that flows
Ochos	Nickname of the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes III	öküz	bull
Ochos	River in Iran	ögüz	river, spring
Ochus	King of Heruli	öküz	bull
Odessos 2x	cities with a port	su	water
Odoacer 2x	A Germanic king and a Saxon chieftain			Could easily be a Türkic name. His son had the name Oklan, a Türkic word meaning „the son“.
Oebalia	Mythological name for Tarentum, from Spartan Oebala	Aybala	a Türkic name meaning moon-child	Aybala is a 100% compatible with Türkic onomastics
Oebarsios	Attila’s uncle	Aybars	moon-leopard	100% compatible with Türkic onomastics
Oetai	a Scythian people	öt-	to pass through …	öt-: to sing, to make noise
Ogulnius	Family of Etruscan origin, Ogulnia Gens	ogul	the children (of somebody)
Many Ogyg- names	andronyms, toponyms, etc.	okuk	s/he who had risen	>Tun Yokuk: he who rose as the first one
Oibalos 3x	2x Spartan name	Aybala	moon-child
Oikos	residence, habitate	üy	house
Oina	Bacchic personification of muse-like women	oyna-	to play, to have fun	I think Bacchus has the Turkish root bak-, meaning to watch (a show).
Oinaros	Dionysus (Bacchus) priest	oyna-	to play, to have fun	>oyna-er (man)
Oinoklos	King of Ainianes (German Ainianen)	oyun	fun	oglu: son
Oinomaos 4x	andronym (for example a Trojan)	oyna-	to play, to have fun	oynama-: not play?
Oinos	Name of Dionysus (Bachhus)	oyun	fun
Oiokles	Poseidon’s son	ogul	child	ay? (moon); oy: hole, pit
Oiolyke	Amazon queen	ogul	child	ay (moon) -oluk? a small boat; oy: hole, pit
Oiolykes	Son of Theras	ogul	child	ay (moon) -oluk? a small boat; oy: hole, pit
Oitosyros	A Scythian deity	aytosur	the moon that gets full	wiki: while usually Greek festivals were celebrated at the full moon, all the feasts of Apollo were celebrated on the seventh day of the month
Oklan	Odoacer’s son	oklan	Oglan	kid, son
Oklasos	a Spartan	+sVz	A suffix with the meaning „without“
Okyale	an Amazon	ok: arrow	yal: blaze
Olyka	city in Macedonia	oluk	a small boat
Ombrios	epiteth of rain-bringing Zeus	yangmur, yaamur	rain
Ombrios	Name einer Nymphe oder Regengöttin auf einer Terrakotte von Cypern	yangmur, yaamur	rain
Omenogara	Inland town of Ariake in India	ara	place in between
Onobora	Place in the Pamphylian-Phrygian border region	on-oba-ara	(a place) between 10 dwelling places/clans
Onogyros	Impossible conjecture in Iucundus ( I am not sure about the date of this conjecture)	onogur	on-ogur	a Türkic confederation of ten tribes (See Hungarian)
Onuba/Onoba	an Iberian place	on: 10	oba: valley, cavity
Ophlones	(Ὄφλωνες Ptolem. III 5, 10), otherwise unknown people in European Sarmatia at the knee of the Tanais.	opla-	to attack surprisingly	attested on Orkhun Stones
Optaris 2x	1x Hun King, 1x Ostrogoth	Optar the Hun is called Oktar, too. The Greeks called him Ούπταρος Ouptaros.		If Oktar was called Optar, was it not possible that the Ostrogoth Optar hat the same name, OKtar and a man of Türk origin?
Ora, a city in the area of Oreitai	Oreitai were a tribe of the sea-coast of Gedrosia, mentioned by several ancient writers; they appear as Oritae in Arrian;[5] Oritai (Ὠρῖται) in Strabo,[6] Dionysius Periegetes,[7]Plutarch,[8] and Stephanus Byzantinus;[2] as Orior Oroi (Ὦροι) in Arrian[9] and Pliny;[10]and Horitae in Curtius.[11][3]	orı	valley, pit, sinkhole
Ordessos	tributary of the Istros	su	water
Ordo	rank, corporation, social status in Rome	ordu/ordo; headquarters, palace, where the King lives; Headquarters; army,		An Ordu is where strict rules govern everything. It is not far-fetched to think that rules and army
Orkynia	place in Cappadocia	Orkun	a river in Central Asia
Ormana	a place name	*orman (Porto-Turkic)	forest	Starostin/Dybo
Ormanos	River in Arabia Felix, at whose mouth lies a rich palm forest.	*orman	forest	Proto-Turkic by Starostin/Dybo
Oroba 2x	town in Assyria	or-oba	valley - dwelling place
Orobatis 2x	towns in Asia (Persia/India)	orı-bat	sink-valley
Oromandros (Ὀρόμανδρος) /Oromandos (Ὀρόμανδος)	according to Ptol. V 7, 4 a city in Armenia minor, within and near the mountains.	*orman (Porto-Turkic)	forest	by Starostin/Dybo
Ortacia	a river in Elymais / Iran	ortakı	the middle one	orta: middle
Orthaga	a city in Mesopotamia	orta	middle
Orthagoria	City on the southern Thracian coast.	orta: middle	koru: the fenced, protected place
Orthaia	daughter of Hyakinthos	orta: middle	the middle daughter?
Orthokorybanthioi	People belonging to the Saka tribes on the Persian NE border	orta: middle	koru-: to protect, bant-: to tie	I have already written about this name/people
Orthopolis	City in the eastern interior of Macedonia	orta: middle	boliq: city	city where the palace of the King is. OR Ordu-Balık“ palace city", "army city"
Ortygia	epithet of Aremis	ortuk	friend
Orygma 2x	toponyms in Athen	oruq	road, way, possibility
Osdara	Station on the Melitene - Arabissos road	ara	place in between
Ossanoba	town in Iberia	oba	valley/dwelling place
Otacilius gens	Roman gentes	otaq	tent; parts of a house
Oulamos	Crowd in Hellenistic. Time military. t.t. for a cavalry unit	oglan	the young man	it is startling that the Uhlan riders of many European armies has the same Turkic etymology wiki: French: uhlan; German: Ulan;Lithuanian: ulonas; Polish: ułan) is a type of light cavalry, primarily armed with a lance.
Oxykanus	an Indian chieftain	ögüz: spring	kan: kagan	he was a Türk, surely
Ozomene	Electra’s other name	öz: the self	ene: mother	Greek Mythology, etymology
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