μίμαρκυς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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This word seems to display reduplication. A tempting similarity exists with a synonymous Germanic word: compare Old English mearh (sausage), Old Norse mǫrr (the fat inside a slaughtered animal) and Norwegian Nynorsk mòr (kind of Norwegian sausage). If related, it would have to be a very old anatomical expression of cattle-breeders, which is unlikely.

According to Neumann, this word is a loan from Hittite or another Anatolian language, while Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the reduplication.

Unrelated are Latin murcus (maimed) and Hittite [script needed] (mark-, to cut apart).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μῐ́μᾰρκῠς (mímarkusf (genitive μῐμᾰ́ρκῠος); third declension

  1. hare-soup or jugged hare, with the blood of the animal in it

Inflection

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Further reading

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