Were the Macrobians proto somalis?

Waaqo of Punt

Waaqo of Punt

The alchemist said:
Ethiopia is a Greek word. There are no linguistic disputes on this.

"The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, Aithiops, 'an Ethiopian') is a compound word, derived from the two Greek words, from αἴθω + ὤψ (aitho "I burn" + ops"face"). According to the Perseus Digital Library, the designation properly translates as Burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival form. The historian Herodotus used the appellation to denote those parts of Africa below the Sahara that were then known within the Ecumene (inhabitable world). However, the Greek formation may be a folk etymology for the Ancient Egyptian term athtiu-abu, which means 'robbers of hearts'. This Greek name was borrowed into Amharic as ኢትዮጵያ, ʾĪtyōṗṗyā.

In Greco-Roman epigraphs, Aethiopia was a specific toponym for ancient Nubia. At least as early as c. 850, the name Aethiopia also occurs in many translations of the Old Testament in allusion to Nubia. The ancient Hebrew texts identify Nubia instead as Kush. However, in the New Testament, the Greek term Aithiops does occur, referring to a servant of the Kandake, the queen of Kush.

Following the Hellenic and Biblical traditions, the Monumentum Adulitanum, a third century inscription belonging to the Aksumite Empire, indicates that Aksum's then ruler governed an area which was flanked to the west by the territory of Ethiopia and Sasu. The Aksumite King Ezana would eventually conquer Nubia the following century, and the Aksumites thereafter appropriated the designation "Ethiopians" for their own kingdom. In the Ge'ez version of the Ezana inscription, Aἰθιόποι is equated with the unvocalized Ḥbštm and Ḥbśt (Ḥabashat), and denotes for the first time the highland inhabitants of Aksum. This new demonym would subsequently be rendered as ’ḥbs (’Aḥbāsh) in Sabaic and as Ḥabasha in Arabic."
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There is very much a dispute on this. I already stated tbat it's from thr Ge'ez alphabet and has a meaning in itself, as well as being documented by highlander monks for centuries. All u did was quote the GREEK meaning of the word according to HELLENIC tradition, not Ethiopian...

Since the early Orthodox church used Greek as main language of communication when the Ethiopia made Orthodoxy the state religion and used Greek to communicate with the other churches they used the Hellenised name and thus came 'Yttiopia'.
Europeans also made the same confusion with the word moor where they stated them to be West Africans in appearance and origin; whereas other North African sources stated they were Amazigh...
 
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The alchemist

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Waaqo of Punt said:
There is very much a dispute on this. I already stated tbat it's from thr Ge'ez alphabet and has a meaning in itself, as well as being documented by highlander monks for centuries. All u did was quote the GREEK meaning of the word according to HEENIC tradition, not Et
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Sxb, why are you so defensive? It's linguistically Greek, and no there aren't any disputes on this.
 
Waaqo of Punt

Waaqo of Punt

The alchemist said:
Sxb, why are you so defensive? It's linguistically Greek, and no there aren't any disputes on this.
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Bruh, re-read my post. I edited it.

Not defensive at all I'm just pointing out a common misconception lol. I provided u with the evidence. The whole idea of a country randomly borrowing a name from a neighbour is unheard of...especially for Aksumites.
 
Waaqo of Punt

Waaqo of Punt

World said:
Habash, Abyssinian, Aksumite.
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Lmao are u for real?
Habash is just a word Arabs used to call them and the meaning changed over time,Ethios only call each other 'habesha' outside of Ethiopia. 'Aksumite' was dropped centuries ago lol and 'Abyssinian' is what colonials called them...
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The alchemist

The alchemist

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Waaqo of Punt said:
Bruh, re-read my post. I edited it.

Not defensive at all I'm just pointing out a common misconception lol. I provided u with the evidence. The whole idea of a country randomly borrowing a name from a neighbour is unheard of...especially for Aksumites.
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Sxb, Herodutous lived long before Christianity. The word was attributed to the modern Nubians long before the Habshi Christian traditions.

Why is it unheard of? People adopt different aspects of culture and words from each other, and it's not random at all. It's the most natural shit. And what's with the "especially for Axumites," you're arguing from an emotional standpoint.

There aren't any misconceptions, and if there are, please refer to any real historians. Because the consensus supports my stance on the matter, the word first appears as a geographical term in classical documents about the upper Nile region.
 
Waaqo of Punt

Waaqo of Punt

The alchemist said:
Sxb, Herodutous lived long before Christianity. The word was attributed to the modern Nubians long before the Habshi Christian traditions.

Why is it unheard of? People adopt different aspects of culture and words from each other, and it's not random at all. It's the most natural shit. And what's with the "especially for Axumites," you're arguing from an emotional standpoint.

There aren't any misconceptions, and if there are, please refer to any real historians. Because the consensus supports my stance on the matter, the word first appears as a geographical term in classical documents about the upper Nile region.
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sbx Christianity doesn't have anything to do with the Aksumites using the word 'Aethiop' first and it's also of Jewish-biblical origin that pre-dates Herodotus. As I said...the sonof the grandon of Noah, kush, was 'Ethiop'. The king called 'Ethiop' predates Herodotus and was king of Axum when it was only a city state. Greeks came into contact with his followers that called themselves 'Ethiopian'.

I'm not giving some new found knowledge lol this has been known for years but was ignored over European propaganfa and misconception, such as calling Ethiopians Abyssinians even though Ethios never called themselvea as such.

I've read a book on this an if I find it I'll tell u the title. This is real.
 
Waaqo of Punt

Waaqo of Punt

The alchemist said:
Sxb, Herodutous lived long before Christianity. The word was attributed to the modern Nubians long before the Habshi Christian traditions.

Why is it unheard of? People adopt different aspects of culture and words from each other, and it's not random at all. It's the most natural shit. And what's with the "especially for Axumites," you're arguing from an emotional standpoint.

There aren't any misconceptions, and if there are, please refer to any real historians. Because the consensus supports my stance on the matter, the word first appears as a geographical term in classical documents about the upper Nile region.
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Yes,ofc the movement of culture between people throughout history was as natural as breathing but a nation calling itself the name of its neighbour without any account of this haplening from the neighbouring country or the 'theiving' country is, in fact, unheard of...
Ethiopian emperors before WW1 called themselves the rulers of Ethiopia. If I asked u when Ethiopia 'stole' its name from Kush and used it for itself u wouldn't be able to tell me cus it never happened. Historians are writing midconceptions and falsehoods as we speak.

Peace.
 
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