Lynkos-as-toponym-and-andronym-Turkisch-etymology-a-try

 

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There were three times Lynkos in the ancient history, according to Pauly's RE:

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1) a mountain

2) a hill top

These two could have the Türkic word ULU as root, meaning the great.

3) a Scythian king

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As I saw that word I thought immediately of Türkic ULUNG.

We know that the Ancient Greeks put or deleted a vocal at the beginning of a word.

LYNKOS (LYNK-OS) should be one of them.

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Now look at:

Türkic ULUNG was a name (not a popular one) of two chieftains. 

On Yenissei Stones we see the ULUNG SHAD as a name of a commander and we know about the ULUNG TEMÜR as a descendant of Genghis Khan. 

We see ULUNG as an entry, meaning fundament/base in Kutatgu Bilig (a kind of encyclopedia of Türkish society and language) that is 1000 years old, too.

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According to wiki:

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That Demeter turned him into a Lynx should be an older story. That shows us maybe the name of the LYNX could have a Türkic background/etymology, too, because it could also be derived from that ULUNG.

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Uzunbacak Adem