Hethitisch menu- ‚Mensch, männlich‘

• Autores: Norbert Oettinger
• Localización: Historische Sprachforschung = Historical linguistics, ISSN 0935-3518, Nº. 135, 2022, págs. 255-263
• Idioma: alemán
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • An attempt is made to show that Hittite menu- (/mḗnu-/) normally means ‚male’, whereas in the text KBo 3.28 it means ‘human being’. So Cuneiform Luvian mannu- n. ‘virility, male fecundity’ and mannu-/mannaw- ‘virile, fecundating’ are no longer isolated within Anatolian. The root has correctly been recognized as *men- ‘to tower, stand out’. As far as u-stems are concerned, PIE probably possessed a resultative neuter *món-u/*ménu- ‘the outstanding thing/being (in height)’ > ‘virility’ with an internally derived adjective *ménu-/*mn-éu- ‘virile, fecundating’. The latter could be substantivized as *menu- ‘man, human being’ (Hittite menu-, Vedic mánu-).