Ares etymology (was Re: Bakkhos etymology)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alex<mailto:alxmoeller@...>
>
> Ares was
> originary the good of the hard winter, of the cumplitely wind.
>
> PCR:
> No, I disagree. He was a god of cutting men (war) and cutting
> soil (agriculture) and cutting up (intoxicants).

This suggests to me that the etymology of _Are:s_ is 'cutter'
or 'ploughman', if the IE root *xer(H)- originally meant 'cut'. If so,
then *xer(H)trom originally meant 'cutting tool' and later acquired a
special connection with the soil, becoming 'plough'.

- Rob