During the ancient years most of the Aegean Sea islands had names that they were stating either a dominant geographic characteristic or an important natural element. So Ikaria was called by the poets "Μακρίς"/ Makris (long) or Δολίχη (which means long island) or Ιχθυόεσσα (ιχθύς= fish / ιχθυόεσσα=island with (abundant) fishes)
Ίκαρος (Ikaros) seems to be a modified version of "Έκκαρος"or "Έκαρος" which does not remind a greek origin word and has an uknown origin.
Isichios Alexandrinos ("The Alexandrian") who was a dictionary writer of 5th century A.D. has stated that the name Ikaria is related with "Kar" the root of an ionian word that means "pasture". But perhaps he had read the description of Stravon that the inhabitants of Samos were using Ikaria as a grassland for their sheeps and therefore has formed an erroneous image of the morphology of the islan, which at least during the archaic period must have been totally unsuitable fro a pasture due to its impervious forests.
If again the name Ikaros came from "Karian" root then the theory that the island has once been bulwark of Karians is being reinforced.It is after all well known that we owe a lot of island names to the pre-Hellenic populations of the Aegean Sea.
For this reason Fick holds fast to the aspect that "Ίκαρος" (Ikaros) is derivative of a non-greek word, perhaps belonging to the language of Leleyes or Hittites and that in their languages this word could mean "forestland".
At the end of the 2nd millenium the Phoenicians on their pursue of wood and copper had conquered Cyprus and have started to travel in the Aegean Sea. It is worth noting that in the Phoenician language the root of the word "ikar" means "long".
Source: Antonios J. Papalas "Ancient Ikaria"
Ίκαρος (Ikaros) seems to be a modified version of "Έκκαρος"or "Έκαρος" which does not remind a greek origin word and has an uknown origin.
Isichios Alexandrinos ("The Alexandrian") who was a dictionary writer of 5th century A.D. has stated that the name Ikaria is related with "Kar" the root of an ionian word that means "pasture". But perhaps he had read the description of Stravon that the inhabitants of Samos were using Ikaria as a grassland for their sheeps and therefore has formed an erroneous image of the morphology of the islan, which at least during the archaic period must have been totally unsuitable fro a pasture due to its impervious forests.
If again the name Ikaros came from "Karian" root then the theory that the island has once been bulwark of Karians is being reinforced.It is after all well known that we owe a lot of island names to the pre-Hellenic populations of the Aegean Sea.
For this reason Fick holds fast to the aspect that "Ίκαρος" (Ikaros) is derivative of a non-greek word, perhaps belonging to the language of Leleyes or Hittites and that in their languages this word could mean "forestland".
At the end of the 2nd millenium the Phoenicians on their pursue of wood and copper had conquered Cyprus and have started to travel in the Aegean Sea. It is worth noting that in the Phoenician language the root of the word "ikar" means "long".
Source: Antonios J. Papalas "Ancient Ikaria"
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