Talk:Octamasades

Etymology of the name. A try
Herodotus mentions the Scythian Chief Oktamasades (4:80).

Could this name be Turkish? We know the pre-Atilla Hun Chief Oktar. Pritsak says it comes from the Old Turkish verb ökte-: (to encourage).

Ökte- (v)> Öktem: brave (strong) >? Oktamasades

More info> https://uzunbacakadem.blogspot.com/2022/05/herodotus-scythian-oktamasades-turkic.html

The same root?UzunbacakAdem (talk) 09:33, 8 July 2022 (UTC) Uzunbacak Adem