Izvor gotskega ulbandus v pomenu "kamela"

Great are the merits of Bojan Čop in Hittite lexicography and etymology. Glan­ cing merely at volume 3 of the Hittite Etymological Dictionary, the latest to leave my workshop, his ideas have either provided the etyma or pointed the way to the interpre­ tation of such important items as halkuessar, halluwa-, halzai-, hattalkesna-, hazzila-, huek- (both verbs!), and hu( wa)nhuessar. May the small token of homage that follows be worthy of his endeavors!Slovanska in germanska beseda za kamelo (npr. gotsko ulbandus in starocerkvenoslovansko velibodu) se navadno povezujeta z besedo eiefant 'slon' (grsko tAifrpavr-). Ta povezava je sporna: eUq,av-r- spada k hetit­ skemu lahpa- slonova kost', vtem ko je sorodnik besede ulbandus hetitsko huwalpant- 'grbavec' in njegove izpeljanke s pomenom 'grba' ali 'izboklina'