Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: [ˈbeːkəs]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European...

theologian Robert S. P. Beekes (1937–2017), Dutch linguist Bramstedter Beeke of Lower Saxony Eschenhäuser Beeke of Lower Saxony Heiligenloher Beeke of Lower...

have led to speculations about his being an old water divinity (). Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name, based among other things...

in the Hittite archives, e.g. in the Tawagalawa letter. However, Robert S. P. Beekes doubted its validity and suggested a Pre-Greek *Akaywa-. In Homer...

attractive and dangerous. The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Others connect the name to σειρά...

origin, possibly not even Indo-European, with an unknown etymology. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. In Etruscan religion the name (and...

appropriate for a cunning weaver whose motivation is hard to decipher. Robert S. P. Beekes believed the name to be Pre-Greek and related to pēnelops (πηνέλοψ)...

the dearest friend of the Muses. According to the Dutch linguist Robert S. P. Beekes, the god's name derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *sup-no-...

"gaia". Online Etymology Dictionary. Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, pp. 269–270 (s.v. "γῆ"). M.L.West (2007). Indoeuropean...

the Hesychian glosses νηρίδας 'hollow rocks' or νηρόν 'low-lying'. Robert S. P. Beekes (2010) favors a Pre-Greek (pre-Indo-European) origin, as is suggested...