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Re: OT: What language is "Hattusas"?

From:Stephen Mulraney <ataltane.conlang@...>
Date:Monday, September 5, 2005, 23:00
On 9/5/05, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> > The question came up on a gaming forum, and I thought someone here'd know; > from > which language is the name of the Hettite capital, Hattusas? > > Andreas
ISTR recall that the city was called "Hattus" in *Hattic*, and that "Hattus^as^" was what the Hittites later called it by way of Hittitifying it (OR IEfying? Was Hattic non-IE? I think so.) s -- Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of Stephen Mulraney matter at or near the earth's surface relative ataltane@gmail.com to other matter; second, telling other people http://ataltane.ath.cx:8181 to do so. -- Bertrand Russell http://livejournal.com/~ataltane

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