Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: [ˈrɔbərd ˈbeːkəs]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative...

have led to speculations about his being an old water divinity (). Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name, based among other things...

into Greek as Demeter, while others like Paul Kretschmer (1939), Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) and Carlo De Simone (2017) have argued for the Messapic borrowing...

theologian Robert S. P. Beekes (1937–2017), Dutch linguist Bramstedter Beeke of Lower Saxony Eschenhäuser Beeke of Lower Saxony Heiligenloher Beeke of Lower...

nouns. Robert S. P. Beekes translates his name literally as 'the nimble one'. The name is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂rǵ-ró-s – a zero-grade...

in the Hittite archives, e.g. in the Tawagalawa letter. However, Robert S. P. Beekes doubted its validity and suggested a Pre-Greek *Akaywa-. In Homer...

origin, possibly not even Indo-European, with an unknown etymology. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. In Etruscan religion, the name...

using a form of Doric. The etymology of the term Ἀχαιοί is unknown. Robert S. P. Beekes proposed that it originated in a Pre-Greek form*Akaywa-. Margalit...

the Hesychian glosses νηρίδας 'hollow rocks' or νηρόν 'low-lying'. Robert S. P. Beekes (2010) favors a Pre-Greek (pre-Indo-European) origin, as is suggested...

Proto-Indo-European *meǵh2- "great" (see Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 917). Lamprière's Classical Dictionary...

attractive and dangerous. The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Others connect the name to σειρά...

Historikai Pragmateiai – Volume 1, 1858 Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 608 f. "Indo-European Etymological Dictionary"...

appropriate for a cunning weaver whose motivation is hard to decipher. Robert S. P. Beekes believed the name to be Pre-Greek and related to pēnelops (πηνέλοψ)...

the dearest friend of the Muses. According to the Dutch linguist Robert S. P. Beekes, the god's name derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *sup-no-...

Adams et al. 1997, p. xxiii. Beekes 2011, p. 30. Trask 2000, p. 297. Adams, Douglas Q.; Baldi, Philip; Barber, E. J.; Beekes, Robert S. P.; Della Volpe, Angela;...

"gaia". Online Etymology Dictionary. Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, pp. 269–270 (s.v. "γῆ"). M.L.West (2007). Indoeuropean...

ed. Robert S. P. Beekes. First published online[where?] October 2010. Cobb, Noel. Archetypal Imagination, Hudson, New York: Lindisfarne Press, p. 240...

name is of Indo-European origin, it is actually pre-Greek. Linguist Robert S. P. Beekes has also supported Ariadne having a pre-Greek origin; specifically...

researchers deem the name a loan word, possibly from a Pre-Greek language. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name, based among other things...

also τλῆναι), and which was later reshaped to an nt-stem. However, Robert S. P. Beekes argues that it cannot be expected that this ancient Titan carries...

was possibly influenced by neighboring Indo-European languages. Robert S. P. Beekes likewise does not consider it Indo-European. Howard Hayes Scullard...

Oldenbourg, 1950). Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, vol. 2 (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 1128–1129. West 2007, p. 137. Georges Dumézil, Ouranos-Varuna...

ISBN 0-385-24693-5, p. 386; citing Julius Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, Edinburgh: Black, 1885, p. 304. Also see Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological...

Pausanias. Description of Greece, 8.2–5. Robert S. P. Beekes (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Leiden: Brill, p. 267. Greek entry in Douglas Harper's...

have been made about its etymology. According to the Dutch linguist Robert S. P. Beekes, the name predates Greek presence in the region and could come from...

Ellen Harrison believed that the name Dionysus means "young Zeus". Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name, since all attempts...

ones', possibly descriptive of the people. According to linguist Robert S. P. Beekes, both terms are of pre-Greek substrate origin and cannot be explained...

meaning 'wife', although other scholars like Paul Kretschmer and Robert S. P. Beekes have suggested a pre-Greek origin instead. Although not explicitly...

Hallmannsecker 2022, p. 20. Herodotus 1.142. Hallmannsecker 2022, p. 25. Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 608 f. "Indo-European...

either "highlanders", "the tall ones", or "high grown men". Linguist Robert S. P. Beekes claims that both terms are of Pre-Greek substrate origin and cannot...