Backward Etruscan

From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 6231
Date: 2001-02-28

--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
> I was wondering if any of the list members might be able to comment
on some of the Etruscan divine names (ex. Tinia - Zeus, Tinas clerar-
Dioskouroi, Thevrumines-Minotaur, Turms - Hermes, Uni - Hera,
Nethuns - Poseidon, Maris - Ares, Menrva - Athena, Sethlans -
Hephaistos, Thesan-Eos, Turan-Aphrodite, Fufluns - Dionysos, Apulu -
Apollo).
[snip]
> -Chris Gwinn

Yes, welcome back gLeN

Look at the above Etruscan name for Minotaurus: Thevrumines. Weren't
you looking for a "backward" composition of Etruscan composite nouns?

Torsten