Talk:Kalderimi

Etymology vs. "Pseudo-Etymology"[edit]

The Turkish etymologic online dictionary nisanyansozluk clearly approves the Greek origin of kaldırım:

 ~ Yun kallidrómos καλλιδρόμος iyi yol (düzgün döşeli yol?)
 (loan word) Greek kallidrómos καλλιδρόμος best path (smoothly paved path?)

--Gerd-HH (talk) 12:52, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added this opinion to the main text. --Gerd-HH (talk) 14:19, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You misread the text. What it actually says is:

< TTü kaldır- +Im → kaldır-

Not: Yun kalós drómos "iyi yol" deyimiyle irtibatlandırılması yakıştırmadır....

That is, the main etymology is from Turkish kaldır- and then it notes that "it is said to be connected" to the Greek expression. --Macrakis (talk) 18:29, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Width[edit]

The Aradena kalderimi (cf. photo) is truly 2 to 3 m width. The kalderimi in the bottom of the Anopoli gorge must be some 4 m. I've never seen a kalerimi of only 1 m width; every mule would resist to use such a narrow passage. It's stupid to blame Rackham a "typo" on such elementary and obvious facts. --Gerd-HH (talk) 15:29, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]