Linear B to Greek: u-do-ro

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u-do-ro | ὕδωρ (hudor or hydor) | water
PY Tn 996 (Scribe Cii)
u-do-ro may also be found in the water-related prefix, ύδρο- (hudro or hydro-) and in ὕδρος (hudros or hydros) “water serpent”, which is found in the myth of the many-headed Hydra.  Cf. ὑγρός (hugros or hygros) “fluid, moist, wet”.  On PY Tn 996, u-do-ro *212 VAS “water” is followed by pi-a2-ra *219VAS, perhaps “olive oil”.
04.08.14

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  1. Dardan Leka: Independant Scholar, Sanskrit and Indo-European (IE) Languages.

    If u-do-ro is stored in the context of olives, Gr. hudor may be compared with Alb. hudra “garlic”, because it has a strong “udoro” [odor].

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    • Gretchen E. Leonhardt: Independant Scholar, the Linear Scripts of Greece

      It’s true that garlic is often paired with olives in Mediterranean cuisine. I’m also impressed with the association between water and odor, as they pertain to vapor. Nevertheless, I maintain that u-do-ro “water”, rather than “garlic”, is found in the storage context with pi-a2-ra “olive oil”.

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