Re: [cybalist] Eridanos

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 2367
Date: 2000-05-06

>The very name Eridanus betrays itself as not a foreign but a Greek >name,
>invented by some poet [H. certainly suggests a derivation from >eridain��
>'quarrel, wrangle, compete with' -- PG];

There we go. The truth comes out. I thought Semitic was a stretch. Although,
whether *da:nu is from Semitic or not is another question :)

- gLeN
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