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Kreka (''Κρέκαν'', "Krekan") was the wife of Attila. Priscus during his stay at Attila's court in 448 or 449 AD wrote "''the next day I arrived at the wall of Attila's compound, carrying gifts for his wife... She had borne three children to him, of whom the eldest (Ellac) was ruling the Akateri and the other nations in the parts of Scythia near the Sea''." He then describes the compound: At the last days of his mission to Attila, Priscus and Maximinus were "''invited by Kreka to dinner at the house of Adames, the man who oversaw her affairs. We joined him along with some of the nation's leading men, and there we found cordiality. He greeted us with soothing words and prepared food. Each of those present, with Scythian generosity, arose and gave us each a full cup and then, after embracing and kissing the one who was drinking, received it back. After dinner, we went back to our tent and went to sleep''". ==Etymology== The name is recorded as ''Κρέκαν'' (Krekan), ''Χρέχα'' (Khreka), ''Ήρέχα'' (Ereka), ''Ήρέχαν'' (Erekan). Some copyists dropped ''v'' or ending ''-an''. Maenchen-Helfen considered Bang's etymology, by which it derives from *''arï(y)-qan'' (the pure princess), ie. Karakalpaks name ''Aruvkhan'' (''aruv'', "pure"). Pavel Poucha derived ''Kreka'' or ''Hreka'' from Mongolian appellation ''gergei'' (wife). Omeljan Pritsak noted that there two additional variants ''gergai'' and ''gergen'', while ''ger'' is the root for "house". The Mongolian word is comparable to Turkic Yakut language ''kärgän'' (root ''kär'' to ''ger'', and suffix ''gän'' to ''gan'') which means "family, house, members of household or family". Word ''kärgännä'' means "to marry", while ''kärgännäx'' "married". The Oghur Turkic vocalic metathesis is responsible for the change of *''ker'' into ''kre-'', while ''k-'' in the initial position of the suffix ''gan'' is the result of Oghur Turkic devoicing after ''r'', ''l'', ''n''. The reconstruced form ''krekän'' < *''kerkän'' from older *''kergän'', was not a name, yet appellative meaning "wife". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kreka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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