Phrygisches Bier am Halysufer
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Wojciech Sowa [1]
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[1] Narodowe Centrum Nauki
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- Localización: Historische Sprachforschung = Historical linguistics, ISSN 0935-3518, Nº. 130, 2017, págs. 106-120
- Idioma: alemán
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Resumen
The Halys (now Kızıl Irmak) numbers among the most important rivers of ancient Anatolia. It is famous inter alia for the battle fought between the Lydian troops of Alyattes II and the Median army of Kyaxares II, with the solar eclipse which had been predicted by Thales of Miletos. The river also played an important role as a border of the Phrygian kingdom, but the etymology of its name remains obscure. It is argued that the form may be related to Old Phrygian alus, known from epigraphical sources (mostly in combination with a form si↑eto, cf. W-08, W-09, W-10), which in turn may continue the inherited root *h1el- (*h1ol-) “reddish, yellow, tawny” probably found in the “beer” word (cf. PGerm. *alú-þ- < *h1olu-t-). This article aims to cast some light on this obscure form and proposes the question of a possible relation to a naming motif “red river” in Anatolia (Hitt. IDMaraššantija), which could be indirectly reflected in the modern Turkish name Kızıl Irmak “red river”. The root *h1el- “reddish, tawny” could then well be the ultimate source for both the name of the Halys River and the Old Phrygian name of a drink (alus), which may be observed in a “beer” word in other IE cultures
