Friday, March 6, 2026

names-from-antiquity-and-their-Tuerkic-etymologies-E&G&H




 The search continues. Below you will find names from antiquity and my suggestions from Turkish regarding their etymology. We keep on with the letters E G and H.

Source: https://topostext.org/the-people

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Arama-bulma çalışmaları devam ediyor. Aşağıda antik çağlardan adlar ve kökenlerine dair Türkçe önerilerimi bulacaksınız. E G ve H harfleriyle devam ediyoruz. 

Kaynak: https://topostext.org/the-people


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Topostext Name 

Info

Türkic word

Info

Other Info

Ecbasius

epithet of Apollo meaning disembarker

?başı

the head of (the first of..)


Echetlus

a mythical hero who fought with a plough

ek-: 

to sow

> eke: Hungarian plough. I have already written a blog about him

Enorches

a character who was born out of an egg

yumurka/yumurtka

egg

also an epithet of Dionysus

Enyalius

God of war and God of sword (according to German wiki)

yelme

blade or upper part of sabre 


> yalıng: naked, yalın a sword that has no sheath any more, a naked sword! See a hero called ialmenos

Erginus

An argonaut (Son of Poseidon) and a king of Minyans

Erkin 

An old Türkic name meaning free 

See also ergin: a military rank; both have to do with erk, meaning the strength, see ergü: male strength

Erigyius

A general in Aleaxder’s army

erik

male strength

like ergü: strong

Eris 

„Greek“ goddess of discord

erse-/ersek etc

a boyish woman, maybe a hermapfrodite

Beekes says the name is Pre-Greek

Etamanes

an ancient Iberian tribe

ataman

a leader

ata: the forefather, father and +man: a suffix making a word more emphasized

Gaphara

An ancient city in Libya

ara

place in between


Garamantes

an ancient tribe

kara

black

I have already written a blog about them 

Garsyeris

a general in 3rd C BC in Anatolia

karşı-er

lit. opponent-soldier


Gerana

a queen who was turned by Hera into a crane

ana

mother

gerge/kerke: a kind of bird (skylark)

Galactophagi

a nameless tribe who „ate“ milk

it must have been yogurt that they ate

a nomadic tribe who was in Eurasian steppe as Homeros lived (before him probably)

yogurt is a Türkic invention

Gorgo/Gorgus, etc

many persons with this name f.i. Queen of Sparta, and a dog

korku

fear

gorgo/gorgon is a paragon for the Türkic existence in that region as the Greek came to there f.i. Gorgon of Rhodes (an ancient historian from Rhodes)

Goprgylus RIver

an ancient river

Gorgulu

fearful


Gorgythion

a son of Priam of Troy

Korkut

a male name 

see Dede Korkut

Gortys

mythical Cretan, founder of Gortyn

qortu

1 burbot 2 pike 3 huso, beluga 


Gulf of Karkinites

is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the northwestern Crimean Peninsula

karkın

a very old Oghuz Türk tribe

karkın-: to flow aggressively (water)

Halizons/Alazons

a Homeric tribe, allies of Troy

alaçın

hawk

totem of that tribe? or the name of the founding father

Harpagus, Harpalus, Harpalyce, Harpalycus etc

names of many person, of Thracian persons, too

arpa-/arpag

to make magic, spell; magic


Hekatombaion

first month of the Attic calendar

(hekatom)b-ai

ay: month

hekatomb: sacrifice

Hyrtakos

He was a comrade of King Priam of Troy.

urtak/ortak

partner








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