God or goddess · Semitic

A-TA-NA-TE

ʾAtanat, 'She-who-gives'—feminine of √y-t-n 'to give' with I-y > ʾ; the etymon of Athena (di Mino, Ya Diktu 20)

Reading
ʾAtanat
Type
God or goddess Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Zakros
Attestations
1
Lexicon
A-TA-NA-TE

Commentary

ZA 10a, a name list headed by TA-NA-TE 2: A-TA-NA-TE 1, between A-KU-MI-NA and A-MI-DA-U. ʾAtanat ‘she who gives’, feminine of √y-t-n with y > ʾ, final E a dead vowel after /t/; cf. LB a-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja (KN V 52) (di Mino, Ya Diktu). TA-NA-TE is either the same word without A- or a form of √t-n-n (Tinit).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-TA-NA-TE.

  • Linear Ba-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja (KN V 52)—divine offering list alongside e-nu-wa-ri-jo, pa-ja-wo-ne, po-se-da-o-ne
  • GreekἈθάνα (Doric), Ἀθήνη (Ionic/Attic)—pre-Greek, no established etymology (Beekes 2010)
  • Ugaritic√ytn√ytn ‘to give; to set, place’ (Huehnergard 2012); ytnt ‘she gave’ (GlOS 2, 78)
  • PhoenicianBʿLYTN Baʿal Yaton ‘Baʿal has given’; YTNT, a woman’s name ‘she gave’ (Benz 1972, 328; Krahmalkov 2000, 220)
  • Hebrewנָתַןnātannātan (נָתַן) ‘to give’
  • Hurriana-da-na, Atana, a personal name at Kaneš (Monti 2017, 451), the rival
Linear A Lexicon