>I thought that Greek [sminthos] = "mouse", [Smintheus] = "mouse god".
Hmm, is there an IE origin to *sminthos or is this considered to
be a mysterious substrate word? I hesitate to consider it Tyrrhenian,
since I'm particular about my current theory that the expected
Tyrrhenian reflex of "mouse" from ProtoSteppe was *sekla/*setla
(hence Sethlans).
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