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Mycenaean Greek

Indo-European (Hellenic, pre-classical) ยท historical / hidden variety

FamilyIndo-European (Hellenic, pre-classical) SpeakersExtinct (~1450-1200 BCE) ScriptLinear B syllabary (~90 syllabic + 100+ ideograms) CountriesMycenaean Greece (Aegean) Official inBronze Age palace administrations Vitalityextinct ISO 639-3gmy

Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of Greek, recorded in the Linear B syllabary on Bronze Age clay tablets at Knossos, Pylos, Mycenae, and other palace sites. Its decipherment by Michael Ventris in 1952 proved that Greek-speakers were already in Greece in the Bronze Age. Vocabulary attested in Linear B is mostly administrative; many basic words must be reconstructed via Classical Greek.

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87 core words in Mycenaean Greek

Water

๐€„๐€ˆ

hudษ”หr

Fire

๐€ข

pyหr

Sun

๐€€๐€ธ๐€ช๐€

haหwelios

Moon

๐€•

mษ›หn

Star

๐€€๐€ณ๐€ซ

astษ›หr

Night

โ€”

โ€”

Wind

๐€€๐€š๐€—

anemos

Mother

๐€”๐€ณ

maหtษ›หr

Father

๐€ž๐€ณ

patษ›หr

Daughter

๐€ถ๐€๐€ณ

tสฐuษกatษ›หr

I

๐€๐€’

eษกษ”ห

You

๐€ถ

tuห

We

โ€”

โ€”

Name

๐€ƒ๐€œ๐€”

onoma

Person

๐€€๐€ต๐€ซ๐€ฆ

antสฐrษ”หkสทos

Eye

โ€”

โ€”

Tooth

โ€”

โ€”

Tongue

โ€”

โ€”

Hand

๐€๐€

kสฐษ›หr

Foot

๐€ก๐€†

podei

Heart

โ€”

โ€”

Bone

โ€”

โ€”

Blood

โ€”

โ€”

Love

๐€ ๐€ซ

pสฐilos

Tree

๐€ˆ๐€ฌ

doru

Dog

๐€“๐€บ

kuwษ”หn

Cat

โ€”

โ€”

Fish

โ€”

โ€”

Horse

๐€‚๐€ฆ

ikkสทos

House

๐€บ๐€‚๐€’

woikos

Honey

๐€•๐€ช

meli

Wine

๐€บ๐€œ

woinos

Wheel

๐€€๐€—

harmo

Eat

๐€๐€ˆ๐€•๐€™

edmenai

Drink

๐€ก๐€œ

piหnษ”ห

One

๐€

hen

Two

๐€‰๐€บ

duwoห

Three

๐€ฏ๐€ช

tiri

Four

๐€ค๐€ต๐€ซ

kสทetoro

Hello

โ€”

โ€”

Thank you

โ€”

โ€”

Good

๐€€๐€๐€ณ

aษกatสฐos

New

๐€š๐€บ

newos

Red

๐€๐€ฌ๐€ฒ๐€จ

erutสฐraห

White

๐€ฉ๐€„๐€’

leukos

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Indo-European (Hellenic, pre-classical)

Meaning Mycenaean GreekOscanUmbrianFaliscanPhrygianIberianProto-Japonic-Koreanic
Water ๐€„๐€ˆ /hudษ”หr/ โ€” /โ€”/ utur /หˆutur/ โ€” /โ€”/ bedu /หˆbedu/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Fire ๐€ข /pyหr/ โ€” /โ€”/ pir /pir/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Sun ๐€€๐€ธ๐€ช๐€ /haหwelios/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Moon ๐€• /mษ›หn/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ masรช /maหˆseห/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Star ๐€€๐€ณ๐€ซ /astษ›หr/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Night โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Wind ๐€€๐€š๐€— /anemos/ โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Mother ๐€”๐€ณ /maหtษ›หr/ maatรบf /maหtof/ matrer /หˆmatrer/ mate /หˆmate/ mater /หˆmater/ โ€” /โ€”/ *ษ™ma /ษ™ma/
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