Pre-Greek-Ankhouros-versus-Tuerkic-ingir

 

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Robert Beekes writes in his book Etymological Dictionary of Greek [1] about the word ἀγχοῦρος / ankhouros. He says, this Cypriot word is of unknown etymology.

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All in all, a very uncertain matter (see pic above).

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He writes on: the interchange ou/au is reliable, ... . 

And I say: This should be reaction of the Greek ears to the Türkish letter "ı". (No, it is not an "i").

Why am I writing this Türkish letter now? 

Because I have a proposal for the etymology of that word:

Look at this word we see in Starostin/Dybo's dictionary [2]:

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And we can easily see [ng/ñ] fluctuations that arise when the nasal "ñ" (voiceless velar nasal) sound—characteristic of Turkish and the Altaic languages—is transliterated into foreign languages.

>  [ng/ñ] > nkh in Ankhouros.

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That means, the Old Türkic word iñir/ıñır and much better the version that we can see in Khalaj dialect like äñgür that are meaning dusk are a hundert percent compatible with that Pre-Greek word ἀγχοῦρος / ankhour-os meaning dawn, both periods of twilight. 

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Still questions?

Uzunbacak Adem

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Sources: 

[1] An Etymological Dictionary of Altaic Languages, S. A. Starostin, A. V. Dybo, O. A. Mudrak

[2] Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Robert Beekes with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, VOLUME ONE, BRILL, LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010