Word | ΕΝΣΤΑΡΝΑ |
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Transliteration | enstarna |
Meaning | to stand in, to place inside |
See also |
Phrygian: ΕΣΤΑΕΣ
‘stand, establish’ Greek: ενίστημι ‘to be in, to stand in’ Proto-Indo-European: *(s)teh₂- ‘to stand’ |
Comments |
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ΕΣΤΑΡΝΑ is reminiscent of the Hittite adverb istarna `between, mutually, in the midth, among(st), within, internally', and the similarity becomes even more striking if we recall that Puhvel (1984: 482) reconstructs *enstarna for the Hittite word, but the similarity is probably accidental. |