At 3:26:00 AM on Sunday, March 2, 2003, alex_lycos wrote:
> You read it recently? That is nice, I read it several
> years ago. BTW, do you remember of the "Andromache" in
> Eneida? This is a name of a woman. Should be seen the
> Greek "andros" as related here?
That's the traditional etymology: <andro+mákhe:> 'men's
fight'. Vennemann has suggested that it may perhaps be from
*/andera + mak-a/ 'blissful woman', in which the second
element is connected with Latin <mactus> 'praised,
celebrated', and the first contains a 'Vasconic' root
*/andera/ 'woman' connected with Basque <and(e)ra> 'señora',
MIr <aindir, ainder> 'young woman', the second element of
the Gk name <Kassándra>, and Gk <anthre:ne:> 'forest bee,
wasp', among others.
Brian