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Journal Article
Hitt. lahhurnuzzi- nt./c. 'foliage', Luw. lahhur and Proto-Gk ... 'olive-tree'
2023
Overview
The present paper aims at reassessing the vexing etymology of Hitt. laḫḫurnuzzi-[nt./c.] 'leafage, leavy branches, foliage, greenery (of trees or shrubs); woven mat or carpet'. So far, the main conundrum is to account for the presence of -uzzi-(a productive suffix for instrumental nouns), while the word under examination is everything but a tool or an implement, by contrast with kur-uzzi-'cutter' or išpand-uzzi-'libation vessel'. Besides, such forms are mainly deverbatives and Simon's (2013: 108) assumption of a denominative ·laḫḫurn-iya-'(?)' as the source of a deverbative laḫḫurn-uzzican hardly be upheld, even if a stem ·laḫḫur-na [coll.pl.] 'leafage, foliage' vs. simplex ·laḫḫur [nt.] 'leaf; leafy plant' may be assigned to Luwian, as proposed by Simon (ibid.). The derivational history of Hitt. laḫḫurnuzziwill be outlined here with an alternative scenario and comparative evidence for Luw. ·laḫḫur (< PIE ·h1l-éh2-u-r 'leaf' ← ·h1l-éh2-u-[nt.] 'leaf' ← ·h1l-éh2-u-[adj.] 'leafy'), viz. Proto-Gk ·ἐλαί... [f.] 'olive-tree' and ·?λαι?ος [m.] 'wild olive tree', from Proto-Gk ·ἐλαι...ς [adj.] 'leafy' - the reflex of PIE ·h1l-eh2-iu?-ó-[adj.] 'leafy' (thematic variant of ·h1l-eh2-iú?-). Both forms can thus be assigned to PIE ·h1él-h2-, ·h1l-éh2-'vegetal growth' of proterokinetic inflection, ultimately based on a primary root ·h1el-'to go out; to rise; to grow'.
