Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’

• Alexander Nikolaev ^[1]
  1. [1] Boston University

     Boston University

     City of Boston, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Indogermanische Forschungen, ISSN 0019-7262, Nº. 125, 2020, págs. 33-40
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper presents evidence for a PIE root *u̯erp‑ ‘to attack, to force oneself onto someone’ and argues that Greek ἅρπαξ (< *u̯ǝrʰpag-) goes back to a verbal governing compound *u̯r̥p-h₂g̑- ‘driving something (e.g. cattle) away by force’.