Talk:Massalia

About an alleged Phoenician origin of the name 'Massalia'
There are certain comments throughout the Internet arguing that the ancient Greek name 'Massalia' derives from a Phoenician word meaning 'settlement'. All the cases seems to root back to a description by Prof. Paul Cartledge in his book Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, p. 43 (https://books.google.de/books?id=FhaeDgAAQBAJ&q=Massalia&hl=ja&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=6#v=onepage&q&f=false). Unfortunately there is no footnote nor any source reference.

I simply have to question the accuracy of this etymology. Could someone please give me some clue supporting it, or maybe a possibility that the statement is some technical error? This is important for me as a Japanese Wikipedian, because a Japanese page for 'Marseille' contains this information, and I wish to proof and correct it if necessary. Adachika192 (talk) 13:14, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I cannot help you with the etymology of Massalia, although I can provide a bibliography. The reference etymological dictionaries of Greek are: Frisk, Hjalmar. 1960-1972. Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch; Chantraine, Pierre. 1968-1980. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque; Beekes, Robert S. P. 2010. An Etymological Dictionary of Greek. The main contemporary specialists of Ancient Marseille are: Michel Bats, Sophie Bouffier, Dominique Garcia, Didier Pralon, Michel Py, Philippe Boissinot, and Henri Tréziny. Alcaios (talk) 20:15, 24 October 2022 (UTC)