Ceres (Kerria)

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 64494
Date: 2009-07-31

Ceres (g. cereris), the Roman goddess of agriculture, has Osco-Umbrian counterparts named Kerria, Kerri, Kerres. What is the origin of this ending -es, -eris? There are another examples of this ending? The PIE root *k^er- is almoste sure for explaining the name.

JS Lopes




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