Tuesday, November 12, 2024
The First Rule of Etymology
Gregory Nagy, "The Name of Achilles: Questions of Etymology and 'Folk-Etymology'," Illinois Classical Studies 19 (1994) 3-9 (at 9):
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Palmer once called attention to "the first rule of etymology," attributed to Franz Skutsch: "Look for Latin etymologies first on the Tiber."35The other reference to Palmer is L.R. Palmer, The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts (Oxford 1963)
35 L.R. Palmer, "The Language of Homer," in A.J.B. Wace and F.H. Stubbings (eds.), A Companion to Homer (London 1963) 90-91; cf. Palmer (above, note 1) 187.
