The Phrygian word ΒΕΔΥ
| Word | ΒΕΔΥ |
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| IPA | wedy |
| Meaning | water |
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The etymology of this word is uncertain |
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Cappadocian Greek: βουδόκκο
‘water jar, urn’ Proto-Indo-European: *au̯(e)-9, au̯ed-, au̯er- ‘to flow, to wet water’ Proto-Indo-European: *gʷheid- ‘drop’ C. Luwian: wa-a-ar-ša ‘water’ Ancient Macedonian: βέδυ ‘air’ |
| Synonyms | ΑΚΑΛΑ, ΥΔΩΡ |
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This account is from Clement of Alexandria, who wrote in Stromata Book 5 'it is said that the Phrygians call water Bedu'. Just like Socrates accounts, those words have not been attested in Phrygian inscriptions nor is there a strictly linguistic account (e.g Hesychious) that confirms those sayings. The PIE (a)ku̯edu with a common Greek gʷ> b, kʷ> p phonetic mutation, could have resulted the Phrygian βεδυ. Another PIE suggestion is that Phryg. βεδυ is nasalized Illyr. Bindus “water god” and therefore the root would be gʷheid- So far only ΑΚΑΛΛΑ (IE *akw-) has been attested as a valid Phrygian word for water. |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ΓΕΥΔΙΣ ‘river name’ | |