*iśtore

Reconstructed from a personal name attested in a graffito on a tomb stela from Lyrbe of unknown date (Zinko & Zinko 2016a:377f., Zinko & Zinko 2019a:427f.).

[Zs.S.]

nom. sg.

i̤śtorẹmr

S11, 1

The attestation follows Zinko 2016a:366. The only partially helpful photographs are in Zinko & Zinko 2016a:379 Abb. 5, since nothing is visible in Zinko & Zinko 2019a:428 Fig. 21.7 and only the authors’s black inking of the signs in the picture they wish to read is recognizable in the published close-up photographs (Zinko & Zinko 2016a:379 Taf. 6 and Zinko & Zinko 2019a:428 Fig.21.8). Contra the publishers, the first sign is not readable and presents at best a badly worn ‹i› (Simon 2019g:384).

Zinko and Zinko segment this sequence in both publications as iśto remr with iśto as a personal name identical to the name known from S9, which, however, leads to a formally dubious word *rem(a)r without known parallels, see s.v. Instead, Simon 2019g:384f. suggests a compound name iśtoremr consisting of iśtore and mr, a -re-derivative of iśto (see under Meaning) and mr, a well attested onomastic element, see s.v. m(a)r.

[Zs.S.]

The precise reading of the letter N14 requires further research, for the time being the transcription ‹ś› of Pérez Orozco 2007a is used here, without any phonetic implication.

[Zs.S.]

According to Simon 2019g:387f., iśtore is a -re-derivative of iśto. Although -re- is the Sidetic equivalent of either the Luwian appurtenance suffix -alla/i- or the Luwian adjective suffix -ara/i- (Simon 2019g:388 with discussion), since the meaning of the base is unknown (see s.v.), nothing more can be said about iśtore either.

[Zs.S.]