Thursday, December 9, 2010
Akkmeð dauði hryðjuverkamaðurinn
The ending mad in the Arabic masculine personal name Achmad phonetically corresponds with mad in Muhammad. The Icelandic adaptation is -með like in Múhameð (Múhameðstrú). The first element Ach- is adapted as Akk- (compare with the adaptation of Greek names Akkiles (Achilles), Akkverskur (Achaean).
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