The Ionic Greek word άτταγος
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| IPA | attaɟoς |
| Meaning | he-goat, male leader of a goat group |
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Proto-Indo-European: *hₐeiĝs
‘goat’ |
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Etym. from αττα = 'father' + άγος = 'goat'
ag- is PIE for goat, while atta was inherited in Ionian Greek from the anatolian substratum. Attagos survived in it's modern form as τράγος (tragos), where the first and second 'α' was dropped. |
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