Re: OT: What language is "Hattusas"?
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltane.conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 5, 2005, 23:00 |
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On 9/5/05, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
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> The question came up on a gaming forum, and I thought someone here'd know;
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> which language is the name of the Hettite capital, Hattusas?
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> 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
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