Elmingir
Elmingir also Elminegeir, Elmingeir (fl. 555) was a Hun general fighting for the Byzantine Empire.
Biography
[edit]He fought in the Lazic War, which saw the Byzantine Empire pitted against the Sasanian Empire. At the Siege of Phasis, he protected the Byzantine ships.[1]
Etymology
[edit]His name is, probably coincidentally, a homophone of Tungusic elmin, "young horse". This was also the name of a Manchu tribe. If such were indeed the origin of his name it would make it the only known Tungusic word in the Hunnic vocabulary.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene, Vol. I. MacMillan & Co. pp. 458–462. ISBN 978-1-4021-8369-0.
- ^ Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. "The World of the Huns. Chapter IX. Language". www.kroraina.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Bury, John Bagnell (1966). History of the Later Roman Empire, from Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Hakkert. p. 458. Retrieved 28 October 2022.