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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Sarmatian *Šōmax, from Proto-Scythian *Śāmak(k)i, from Proto-Iranian *CyaHmákah.
Proper noun
Σιώμαχος • (Siṓmakhos) m (genitive Σιώμαχου); second declension
- a male given name from Scythian: Siomachus
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- János Harmatta, Studies in the Language of the Iranian Tribes in South Russia, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Vol. 1, No. 2/3 (1951), pp. 306*
- János Harmatta, Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians, 1970, p. 92
- Hinz, Walther (1975) “*syāmaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 229