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Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’

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Published/Copyright: November 9, 2020
Indogermanische Forschungen
From the journal Indogermanische Forschungen Volume 125 Issue 1

Abstract

This paper presents evidence for a PIE root *u̯erp‑ ‘to attack, to force oneself onto someone’ and argues that Greek ἅρπαξ (< *u̯ǝrʰpag-) goes back to a verbal governing compound *u̯r̥p-h₂g̑- ‘driving something (e.g. cattle) away by force’.

Keywords: etymology; nominal composition; root nouns; Luwian; Greek; Slavic
Online erschienen: 2020-11-09
Erschienen im Druck: 2020-11-01

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https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2020-003
Keywords for this article
etymology; nominal composition; root nouns; Luwian; Greek; Slavic

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Titelei
  2. Inhalt
  3. Gr. ἀρτιεπής, ved. ṛtvíya‑ vā́k‑, jav. raϑβiiavacah‑
  4. Gr. σφήξ ‚Wespe‘ und uridg. *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ-
  5. Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’
  6. The last verse of the Middle Phrygian epigram from Dokimeion
  7. History of the Albanian present suffix ‑i/‑ën from Proto-Indo-European to the modern dialects
  8. Slavic *ljuby and the heterogeneity of the inflectional class in *‑y
  9. Meta-Tatian
  10. Habitual auxiliaries in Ancient Greek
  11. The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions
  12. Zur Entwicklung von ἑκὼν εἶναι im Altgriechischen
  13. Urindogermanische Lehnwörter in den uralischen und finno-ugrischen Grundsprachen
  14. Syntax of the Hittite infinitive
  15. Mihi est from Brythonic to Breton I
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