The Mō- is pretty clear and presumably the second part was distorted under the influence of the name Memphis, which had nothing to do with it--but is this discussed anywhere?
In an 11th century chronicle two rulers (the duke of Poland and the markgraf of Meissen) do not just address each other as 'brother' (which monarchs often did) but are so described by the chronicler, who also says that they had been friends for a long time (but no details). It also appears that the daughter of one of them married a nephew of the other. There has been for a couple of centuries endless speculation, but I don't believe anyone has ever tried to approach this EMPIRICALLY and simply ASK whether there are any other known cases where two rulers (or even others I guess) who were not related any closer than this would be referred to by others as "brothers". So I thought I'd throw out this question and see if anyone has any idea. Many thanks in advance.
I would be very grateful if anyone knows--or could find out (which I have tried and failed)--at what age one could be said to be of such an age. Historians often speculate but I have not found any verifiable datum.
The first is a name I understand in an article title by Maspéro but I want to reproduce the title as he printed it. The second is a place name mentioned by Gardiner and here I don't even know how to read it--or anything about it--so in addition to typing it, I'd like to ask whether anyone knows anything about this. Any help will be appreciated and acknowledged in print.
In general one would expect Yoryos or Yoris, and the latter also exists. But how to explain the retention or maybe more likely the REBIRTH of the velar in Yorghos? And are there any other examples of such a "hardening" of y > gh? (There are in various other languages, some pretty well understood as in some German dialects, or in many "classical" words all over Europe, like Polish generał for earlier jenerał, others apparently not explained at all as in the Ashkenazic (Yiddish if you will) pronunciations of some words of Hebrew and miscellaneous origins. Any help especially in the form of references to some PUBLISHED work would be appreciated and will be acknowledged in print. Many thanks.