Wilu was the town rendered in Greek as Ilium, from which derived Iliad (the story of Ilium). The sa part of Wilu-sa was just an ending in Luwian or Hittite meaning place, town etc. Similarly for Hattu-sa, Ne-sa etc.
Why are you assuming 'clumsily rendered in Hittite'?
Hittite was the older and native language. It was Greek that Grecianised the original Hittite Apaliuna to Appolon or Appolo.
Because we have historical records that show where the Gods came from, where they were born and where their tombs lay. Because their etymology is Greek and mean nothing in Hittite.
The Hittites are not older than the Greeks.
They couldn't even invent a script of their own so had to use cuneiform. The Greeks had Linear A since 1800 BC and the evidence for its development dates back to 2000 BC.
The Greeks invented the arch, the dome and iron smelting in 1700 BC when the Hittites were building with mud.
Hittites were ruled over by Greek kings for most of their history. The kings of the Hittite were not necessarily of the same race as the people.
Suppiluliumas II ruled from 1200-1190 BC and he was Greek. He was Priam/Podakes.
Suppiluliama is the closest that non-Indo-European Akkadian cuneiform can get to spelling the Greek/Indo-European Zeus-Priamo(s) which in Linear B is Sa-A-Si-Pa-Ri/Li-A-Ma-(s). If you refer to the Iliad Zeus was supposed to be on the side of the Trojans because Homer interchanged Priam with Zeus since Zeus was his epithet. Hittite records say that Priam reigned for 20 years. In 1193 BC Priam lost control over the Hittites since the Greeks surrounded him in the city of Troy.
Nearly 50 years before Priam, Deukalion the son of Minos made himself king of the Hittites under the name of Tudhaliya IV/Dionysus from 1252 to 1236 BC. Minos had several son who had made themselves kings of cities in Asia-Minor at this time who were killed by Herakles on his 9th labour, Eurymedon, Chryses, Nephalion, and Philolaus.
Why do you think the Greeks never mentioned the Hittites in any of their Historical texts. Its because the Hittites were insignificant vassals of the Greeks. Hittite records show the called the ruler of the Greeks the Great King which was the same title reserved for Cyrus and Darius. Oh and the title of Great King is Aga-Memnon ! The Hittite civilisation collapsed totally at the time that Troy is captured.
The Hittites were known to the Greeks by the name of Assyrians since to all intents an purposes the were either ruled by the Assyrians or ruling the
Assyrians. The bible calls the Hittites the Nations. In other words the Hittites were a combination of races.
