๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…–

Hittite

๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…–
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Alternative forms

  • ๐’Œ…๐’–๐’ฃ๐’€ธ

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewtรฉhโ‚‚ (โ€œthe people; tribeโ€) with the semantic shift "people" โ†’ "army" โ†’ "camp". However that has been criticized as unlikely (the normal development would be "camp" โ†’ "army"). Kloekhorst argues that Hittite word can formally only reflect an i-stem tewt-i-, and finally endorses an alternative etymology proposed by Melchert, from *dสฐhโ‚-uti-, a zero-grade derivative of *dสฐehโ‚- (โ€œto do, put, placeโ€) (whence also Hittite ๐’•๐’€€๐’„ฟ (dai, โ€œto put, placeโ€).)

This word is also attested in Akkadian texts as ๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’‰ก (tuzzinnum, โ€œarmyโ€).

Noun

๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…– โ€ข (tuzziลก) c

  1. army, military forces
  2. military camp

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…€๐’€ญ๐’ (tuzziyanz)
  • ๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…€๐’‰ก๐’Œฆ (tuzziyanun)
  • ๐’ƒป๐’Œ…๐’Šป๐’ฃ๐’…– (NINDAtuzziลก)

References

  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โ†’ISBN, page 908
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