Talk:𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣

Indeed the etymology is quite uncertain. We can be sure anyway that it was never *hwaspaduha "good-horse-land" in Persian. Such a word is nowhere attested. The Hittite hypothesis for the name, although much better, is also doubtful. Sadly, Wikipedia hitherto ignores that Kappadokia was denslely colonized by Sumerians and then Akkadians. The name "Katpatuka" (only this attested in ancient Persian, and never *hwaspaduha), sounds very much like Sumerian; -tuka could be Sumerian "dug" (good).91.140.90.127 09:56, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Densely colonized??!! It's far from Shumer and Akkad. I've never read about such colonization. Manfariel (talk) 18:34, 12 September 2024 (UTC)