Re: Etymology of Osettic "Nart"? (the suffix?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:07:38 -0000, "Aigius"
> <segijus@...> wrote:
> >I think Lithuanian words NARTUS, NARSUS, meaning BRAVE, FEISTY,
> >RUSTY, SPIRITED, can fit here.
>
> Yes they do. See Fraenkel under <nir~sti>.

Simply by googling, I had come across a PDF document
(<http://www.leidykla.vu.lt/inetleid/baltistic/39_2/straipsniai/str8.pdf>) that cited the
following derivation: narsas <*nart-sa-s (: nirsti, nirtau). Perhaps this is in some way
instructive, though unfortunately I can't read Lithuanian :/ which the document appears to be
in!

Cheers,
Carl