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There's something wrong with the following snippet: "Zeus fell in love with Io, the daughter of Inachus, [...]. The King of the Gods temporarily transformed his beloved daughter into a heifer [...]."
Shouldn't the bolded "daughter" be "lover," based on the previous text? -- Graffitici 19:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I've seen at least one credited linguist (Sorin Paliga, who is associated also with the Urbian theory) deriving Byzas from PIE *beu-/bheu-, "to swell", Byzas meaning "Big" or something, and the English word "big" itself via Norwegian Bugge (a word and a name in Norwegian) in my reference is derived from PIE *beu-/bheu-. The name Byzas is linked in these theories to Thracian forms, and Illyrian Beuzas etc. Alex ( talk) 04:57, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
I do not think that such etymologies will ever be more than random speculation. There simply isn't enough 'substance' to the name to say anything conclusive. Sure, we can mention etymologies and attribute them to those suggesting them, but you should not expect anything like a definite answer, it is really anyone's guess. -- dab (𒁳) 07:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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There's something wrong with the following snippet: "Zeus fell in love with Io, the daughter of Inachus, [...]. The King of the Gods temporarily transformed his beloved daughter into a heifer [...]."
Shouldn't the bolded "daughter" be "lover," based on the previous text? -- Graffitici 19:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I've seen at least one credited linguist (Sorin Paliga, who is associated also with the Urbian theory) deriving Byzas from PIE *beu-/bheu-, "to swell", Byzas meaning "Big" or something, and the English word "big" itself via Norwegian Bugge (a word and a name in Norwegian) in my reference is derived from PIE *beu-/bheu-. The name Byzas is linked in these theories to Thracian forms, and Illyrian Beuzas etc. Alex ( talk) 04:57, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
I do not think that such etymologies will ever be more than random speculation. There simply isn't enough 'substance' to the name to say anything conclusive. Sure, we can mention etymologies and attribute them to those suggesting them, but you should not expect anything like a definite answer, it is really anyone's guess. -- dab (𒁳) 07:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)