Udones Cilicii

Zsolt Simon

doi:10.5209/cfcg.103294

Udones Cilicii

Zsolt Simon University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-7070

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcg.103294

Keywords: Albanian; Ancient Greek; Armenian; Cilician; Luwian; Martialis; Proto-Indo-European, Albanian, Ancient Greek, Armenian, Cilician, Luwian, Martial, Proto-Indo-European

Abstract

This paper provides a new etymology for Greek οὐδών ‘a kind of felt-shoe’. It argues that the Proto-Indo-European verb *h₁au̯d^h(h₁)- ‘to put on footwear’ provides a formally and semantically fitting origin, if it was a loanword from Luwian, thereby confirming the antique opinion that this word in Cilician.

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Simon, Z. (2026). Udones Cilicii. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Griegos E Indoeuropeos, 36, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcg.103294

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