μανιάκης

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Formation like μανδάκης (mandákēs) and καυνάκης (kaunákēs). Usually considered to be a Gaulish word, with cognates in Latin monīle (necklace, collar) and Proto-Germanic *manją (collar). Relation with μόναπος (mónapos, aurochs) seems improbable. It is now thought that the other Indo-European languages must have acquired the word from the same source as Greek.

Rüdiger Schmitt connects Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬎-𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (zaranu-maini, with golden collar), and Walther Hinz proposes a derivation from Old Persian *manyaka (necklace), from a common Indo-Iranian root *mani (necklace).[1]

The variants μάννος (mánnos), μόννος (mónnos) point to a non-Indo-European origin: geminate -νν-, interchange α/ο and presence of a suffix -ιακ-.

Still, the origin remains unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μᾰνῐᾰ́κης (maniákēsm (genitive μᾰνῐᾰ́κου); first declension

  1. necklace, torc, armlet, worn of gold by Persians and Gauls

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: մանեակ (maneak)
    • Armenian: մանյակ (manyak) (learned)
    • Old Georgian: მანიაკი (maniaḳi)

Further reading

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*manyaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 154