Martin Bernal's conjectured Egyptian Etymologies of Greek words

References are to vol and page in "Black Athena".

Words

Greek word meaning Egyptian root meaning vol,page
BASILEUS king P3SR "the official", vizier I,62
BOUNOS hill BNBN (fr root BN) peak I,456
CHERA widow H3RT widow I,62
GAR for GRT for I,62
HOSIO sacred HSI praised drowned one I,171
MAKAR blessed M3 HRW true of voice I,61
MARTYR witness MTRW witness I, 47
OPHIS snake HF (Demotic) snake I, 171
PYRAMIS pyramid P3MR tomb/pyramid I,49
THANATOS death TNI grow old I,458
TIMA- honor TYM3 justify I,61
(W)ANAX king `NHDT "may he live forever!" I,62
XIPHOS sword SFT knife I,61

Proper names

Greek Name meaning Egyptian root meaning vol,page
AIGYPTOS Egypt HT-K3-PTH Memphis (temple of the spirit of Ptah) I,95
APHRODITE (Greek goddess) PR W3DYT - I,65
APOLLO (Greek god) HPRR - I,67
ARTEMIS (Greek goddess) *HRT TMT - I,67
ATHENE (Greek goddess) NEIT Egyptian goddess I,51
ATHENAI (city) HT NEIT at the house of Neit I,51
HYANTES - 'IWNTY Bowmen, barbarians I,83
IO - 'I`H moon I,95
- 'IW3 cow I,95
KEPHISOS (common river name) KBH (river name), fresh I,49
LARISSA Common city name R-3HT Entry to fertile lands I,76
-NTHOS (place name ending) -NTR holy I,49
ORPHEUS - 'IRP`T Title of Geb I,71
POSEIDON (Greek god) PR SIDON He of Sidon I,67
SPARTA (part of Greece) Sp3T nome, province I,51
THEBAI Thebes TBI, DBT box I,51

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