names-from-antiquity-and-their-Tuerkic-etymologies-I&K&O

 

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

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. I K ve O harfleriyle devam ediyoruz. 

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

Topostext Name	Info	Türkic word	Info	Other Info
iacchus	a minor deity who held torch on depictions	yak-	to burn	there are many Türkic possibilities like yaġız meaning brownish (color of skin) or yagış sacrifice.
ialemos	funeral song	ıġla-/yıġla-	to cry	ulı-: to howl
ialmenos	son of Ares, a warrior in Trojan war	yelme: pioneer unit in the amy of Türks	yalman: cutting part of a sword	yamlan: a marmot in Kypchak Türkish
iapydes	an ancient tribe	yabı: horse	yabıt: horses	i have already written a detailed blog about those
iapygian	an ancient tribe	yapıg/yapag	vlies	i have already written a detailed blog about those
iardanus	a river on Crete	yar	precipice, steep bank, steep slope, cliff by the river
iazyges	an ancient tribe	yazıg	Steppe	obvious compatibility
icarus	he who got higher and higher and fell	yukaru	high, higher, upwards
icilia gens	The gens Icilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. During the early Republic, the Icilii were distinguished by their unwavering support for the rights of the plebeians against the patrician aristocracy	ikili/igil	an instrument with 2 (iki) strings	„The only surname of the early Icilii was Ruga, which properly belonged to many of the Icilii, but they are usually mentioned without a cognomen" here we can see again a Türkic word urug meaning seed, lineage.
Idanthyrsus	A Scythian character	ıdan: sender/ who lets free	The very old Türkish verb ıd- means to send, to let free and suffix +an has the function to make a maker of that verb before. That means "ıdan" means he who sends/lets free. The penultimate part of the name +tır is a suffix that derives transitive verbs from intransitive verbs and causative verbs from transitive verbs.	i have already written a detailed blog about those
ienysos	a city in Arabia	yaŋı	new	su: water
ilderic	was the penultimate king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa in Late Antiquity (523–530)	İlteriş Kağan	uniting, integrating the land/people	His father Huneric (Hun) and Grandfather Geiseric (Gezer) and Mother Eudocia (Ayduk/Iduk) could have Türkic etymologies, too.
iliturgis	a city on Iberia	el: land/people	Türk
inakhos	first king of Argos	inak	a high rank in Türkish state institution from ina- to trust
issedones	an ancient tribe in Asia north of Massageteans	isi	warm, hot, to get warm	for DON I don’t have a good proposal (ton= the dress)
issos/issus	a pace of a big battle, today iskenderun Türkiye	isi-su	warm water
Kabeiraia (big deities) Beekes wrote that the root should have been Pre-Greek *kabary	an epithet of Demeter	Kabar-: to get big, to swell, > swollen	They are from Samothrake, an island that I consider as one of the Urheimat der Thraken (See Otrak : Island in Türkish)	Versions like Kabirios, Kabirinos oder Kabirichos
Kaietoi	Strabo: "Kaietoi" is derived "Kaietas," the word among the Lacedemonians for their "prison," which is a sort of cavern	kaya: big rock	tas: a stone/stony place	See Kaiadas/Kaiatas in Beekes Pre-Greek lexicon: pit or cavern at Sparta, into which people sentenced to death (or their bodies) were thrown’
Kairos	is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the exact or critical time'	Kayra/ Kayır Han	His father is the first God, Gök Tengri, he has no mother. He determines the fate of the universe.	There are others. Urartians had a deity called Kuera, Huns had a Thunder-god Kuara (by Albanian missionary bishop Israel, 682 AD), and Bulgarians Kuara/Kvara (directly corresponding to Türkic Kayra).
Kantharos	a hero’s name; a big drinking vessel	kantur-/kandur-	to be full, to be satisfied	kana kana su içmek: drink till you can not drink anymore; also see Kendük/Kandi etc meaning a vessel. Wiki says: to Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑(kanduru, “kind of vessel”), pointing to "loanword from the Near East“
Karkinites River / Karkina City	Both in today’s Ukraine	Karkın	a very old Türkic tribe	literally it means overflowing and satisfying
King Teucer	Τεῦκρος Teûkros) was said to have been the son of the river-god Scamander and the nymph Idaea.	toygar/torgay/toruga	skylark	a bird as a name ist very compatible with Türkic onomastics
Kodopa	was a town of ancient Lycia	*oba	cavity, valley
Komyros	Carian divinity and epithet of Zeus	Komur Khan	God of evil	Erlik Khan’s son
Korakes/corax/Korax	name of people and men / meaning raven	Karga	Raven	lit. black bird
Kostobokoi/Costoboc	an ancient Dacian tribe	Güzetbükü	Köz; Küzet (both watch- (v); and police station) Bük: shore, collar, corner	Bük like in the other tribe name Karambukai
Kydrara	Phrygian border town	ara	place in between	koduru: all, whole
Kyrbas	a hero from Crete	kır: grey	baş: head	also see the headgear with the name Kyrbasia
Kyrbissos	a town in ancient Caria	su	water
Ochus/Ochos	A Persian King who called himself later Darius	Oguz/Okuz	a very old Türkic name	His siblings Apama, Sisygambis have a Türkic melody, too. Apa-ama and Çiçegim
Octamasades	A Scythian king (5th C BC)	okta-	to shoot arrows	oktamas: he who doesn’t shoot arrows + ata
Odoacer	A Germanic chieftain	ot-tokar	fire-touch	many etymologies in www like Ot-toghar" ("grass-born" or "fire-born"), or the shorter form "Ot-ghar" („herder").
Odysseus	a very famous character in Homes stories	oduz-	to lead
Oebalus	King of Sparta	Aybala	Moon-child
Oberes II	according to Herodotus (Herodotus 6.33) a son of Megabazus, himself a first degree cousin of Darius I. Oebares became satrap of Daskyleion (Hellespontine Phrygia) in 493 BC, after his father.	Aybars	Moon-leopard
Oebares	was a Persian officer of Cyrus the Great (fl. c. 6th century BCE)	Aybars	Moon-leopard
Oebotas	the son of Oenias, was an ancient Greek athlete	Aybatu	Moon-jewel	Batu: jewel (Fuzuli Bayat)
Oecumene	οἰκουμένη (oikouménē) 'the inhabited world')	üy: house, dwelling place	kamu?: all together, all people
Oeoclus	mythical son of Ascra and Poseidon, founder of Ascra	ay-oglu	moon-son
Oeolycus	mythical Spartan warrior, son of Theras	ay-…	Moon-…
Oetolinus	An ancient name	Ay-tolun	Full-moon
Oetylus	an ancient name	Ay-tülü	Moon-Dream
Ogulnius	Roman gens	ogul	son
Ogyris	an island in Persian gulf	ogur	an od Türkic tribe
Oiobazos	A Persian	Ay-bars	Moon-leopard
Okhos	A Persian who killed Apis-bull	öküz	bull
Ombri/Ombrios	Ombrios is an epithet of Zeus meaning rain/rainy	yamgur / yangur / yagmur	rain
Ordessus	a river in South Romenia	orta: middle/centre	su: water	maybe a river where the orta/orda of the King was settled.
Orgocyni	A tribe in Scythia	örgü	braided	they who had braided hair
Many Ortha… names		orta: middle/centre	center where the King resides
Orthokorubanthes	A Saka tribe	Orta koru	they who stood in the centre, who protected the centre (Koru-: to protect, fence)
Orxines	Persian noble (4th C BC)	Orkun	a river name
Otacilius	Roman gens	otag: tent	parts of a house
Oxii	an ancient tribe	okçu	archer
Oxycanus	a chieftain in India	oguz khan	an other Oguz Khan

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