Re: Backward Etruscan

From: MrCaws@...
Message: 6244
Date: 2001-03-01

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> --- 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?
>