Editing Oceanus (section)

== Etymology ==

According to [[M. L. West]], the etymology of Oceanus is "obscure" and "cannot be explained from Greek".<ref>West 1997, 146; see also  Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA40 p. 40]</ref> The use by [[Pherecydes of Syros]] of the form {{Transliteration|grc|Ōgenós}} ({{lang|grc|Ὠγενός}})<ref>Marmoz, Julien. "La Cosmogonie de Phérécyde de Syros". In: ''Nouvelle Mythologie Comparée'' n. 5 (2019-2020). pp. 5-41.</ref> for the name lends support for the name being a [[loanword]].<ref>Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 p. 11]; West 1997, p. 146; [[Pherecydes of Syros]], ''[[Vorsokr.]]'' 7 B 2.</ref> However, according to West, no "very convincing" foreign models have been found.<ref>West 1997, p. 146.</ref> A Semitic derivation has been suggested by several scholars,<ref>Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 p. 11]; West 1997, pp. 146–147.</ref> while [[R. S. P. Beekes]] has suggested a loanword from the Aegean [[Pre-Greek]] non-[[Indo-European]] [[Stratum (linguistics)|substrate]].<ref>Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 p. 11 n. 34]; Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'' s.v.</ref> Nevertheless, Michael Janda sees possible Indo-European connections.<ref>Janda, pp. 57 ff.</ref>