Bithyni
The
Bithyni: A
Thracian tribe who, along with the
Thyni, migrated to
Bithynia in
Anatolia - a region which they gave their name to.
Herodotus,
Xenophon and
Strabo all repeat this folk etymology, with its division into 'twin' tribes named Thyni and bi-Thyni, which may simply be a Greek attempt to explain an ancient non-Greek placename that otherwise made no sense in Greek.