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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | |||
There is no certainty regarding the etymology of '''AGOSH''', in part because it is unclear whether the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITES</small>]] were Mesopotamian in origin. Among the possibilities for etymologies are Sumerian and Mayan The placename "(plains of) A<small>GOSH</small>" may be connected with the Sumerian ''aga''/''uku''-''ús''/''aga''-''ús''/''us'', "soldier" or the Sumerian ''á''-''kús''-''ù'', "to prevail" (''Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon'' 532, 150 #556). The Sumerian ''ukús'', "cucumber, squash, gourd" (cf Akkadian ''qissu''-''CAD'' Q 271-72; [[Rykle Borger|Borger]], ''Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon'' 222, 448-49; S. Lieberman, ''The Sumerian Loanwords in Old-Babylonian Akkadian'' [Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press, 1976], 426) is a more distant possibility (none of thesse suggested etymologies, however, are actually attested as names). <div style="text-align: right;"> [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] </div> | There is no certainty regarding the etymology of '''AGOSH''', in part because it is unclear whether the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITES</small>]] were Mesopotamian in origin. Among the possibilities for etymologies are Sumerian and Mayan The placename "(plains of) A<small>GOSH</small>" may be connected with the Sumerian ''aga''/''uku''-''ús''/''aga''-''ús''/''us'', "soldier" or the Sumerian ''á''-''kús''-''ù'', "to prevail" (''Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon'' 532, 150 #556). The Sumerian ''ukús'', "cucumber, squash, gourd" (cf Akkadian ''qissu''-''CAD'' Q 271-72; [[Rykle Borger|Borger]], ''Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon'' 222, 448-49; S. Lieberman, ''The Sumerian Loanwords in Old-Babylonian Akkadian'' [Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press, 1976], 426) is a more distant possibility (none of thesse suggested etymologies, however, are actually attested as names). <div style="text-align: right;"> [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] </div> | ||
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Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
There is no certainty regarding the etymology of AGOSH, in part because it is unclear whether the JAREDITES were Mesopotamian in origin. Among the possibilities for etymologies are Sumerian and Mayan The placename "(plains of) AGOSH" may be connected with the Sumerian aga/uku-ús/aga-ús/us, "soldier" or the Sumerian á-kús-ù, "to prevail" (Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon 532, 150 #556). The Sumerian ukús, "cucumber, squash, gourd" (cf Akkadian qissu-CAD Q 271-72; Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon 222, 448-49; S. Lieberman, The Sumerian Loanwords in Old-Babylonian Akkadian [Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press, 1976], 426) is a more distant possibility (none of thesse suggested etymologies, however, are actually attested as names).
AGOSH may be etymologically related to AKISH. Since they are in the same geographic area, they may be variant stems from the same root and express a common quality.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐘𐐉𐐟 (eɪɡɒʃ)
Notes
