My old 1958 Encyclopedia Britannica:
Berbers-
"The origin of the name is doubtful. Some derive it from the word BapBapoi(barbarians) employed first by the Greeks and later by the Romans. Others attribute it to the Arab conquerors. Tribal titles, Barabara and Beraberata, appear in 1700 and 1300 BC, and the Berbers were known to the Egyptians as"Lebu," "Mashuasha," "Tamahu," "Tehennu" and "Kahaka"; a long list of names is found in Herodotus; and the Romans called them Numidae, Gaetuli and Mauri, terms derived from the Greek vomaves (nomads), the name Gued'oula, of a great Berber tribe, and the Hebrew mahur (western)."
The descent of both Greek and Arabic terms from the Sanskrit has been shown. Neither of the Egyptian "Berber" inscriptions mentioned here connect to Hatshepsut, who lived circa 1500 BC, nor is there any indication the Egyptian usage of the term applied to the Berbers as a group or that it relates to either the Greek or Arabic usage of the term. It is the Greek Periplus that establishes Berbera in Somalia.
"Bar-bar" comes from Sanskrit and originally meant to stammer or not be understood. A careful reading of Bowersock can also come up with this meaning.
Berbers-
"The origin of the name is doubtful. Some derive it from the word BapBapoi(barbarians) employed first by the Greeks and later by the Romans. Others attribute it to the Arab conquerors. Tribal titles, Barabara and Beraberata, appear in 1700 and 1300 BC, and the Berbers were known to the Egyptians as"Lebu," "Mashuasha," "Tamahu," "Tehennu" and "Kahaka"; a long list of names is found in Herodotus; and the Romans called them Numidae, Gaetuli and Mauri, terms derived from the Greek vomaves (nomads), the name Gued'oula, of a great Berber tribe, and the Hebrew mahur (western)."
The descent of both Greek and Arabic terms from the Sanskrit has been shown. Neither of the Egyptian "Berber" inscriptions mentioned here connect to Hatshepsut, who lived circa 1500 BC, nor is there any indication the Egyptian usage of the term applied to the Berbers as a group or that it relates to either the Greek or Arabic usage of the term. It is the Greek Periplus that establishes Berbera in Somalia.
"Bar-bar" comes from Sanskrit and originally meant to stammer or not be understood. A careful reading of Bowersock can also come up with this meaning.
