The Etymology of Hittite yukas

Abstract

Sturtevant in HG' 144, speaking of relatively transparent nouncompounds in Hittite, goes on to say 'One may be almost equally sure that tayukas (ta-a-i-ui-ga-as', da-a-i-4-ga-al, ta-a-u'-ga-a) 'two years old' beside yukas (i-i-ga-a`) 'one year old' is a compound whose prior member is akin to tan (ta-a-an, da-a-an) 'iterum, second'; but our ignorance of the etymology of the second member makes its classification impossible'. This article is an attempt to explain the word yukas 'yearling'.2 In SH 93 Hrozny' suggests an etymological connection of yukas with Goth. juggs 'young' and Lat. iuvencus 'bullock', which Sturtevant LANG. 6.215 accepts as a possibility, although he finds a difficulty in the loss of the nasal, since a nasal before a guttural is apparently