Re: "Odin of Asgard"

> > An interesting observation. "Byrebistas" could perhaps be

analysed

> as *wih1ro-wistos (*-wid-to-) 'famous among men' with the Thracian
> development of the initials. Ariovistus is a similarly formed

Celtic

> name, in which <ario-> is either related to Indo-Iranian *arya- or
> represents an accidentally similar Celtic development (*prh3-jo-
> 'foremost'?).
> >
> > Piotr
>
> What are the linguistic reasons why you classify the name as
> Celtic? Are there any other examples of Celtic names with *arya-?

In Gaulish we have the word (apparently a title) ariios (which seems
to be cognate with Old Irish aire "lord/noble"), as well as the
personal name Ariomanus, amongst other examples.

I believe that -uistos would be the equivalent of Old Irish
fiss, "knowledge" (making Ariouistos "Noble-Knowledge", and a
hypothetical *Uirouistos "Man-knowledge").

- Chris Gwinn