> Ah, that's good. Nereus, Nera and nero:ve. Some IE God of Waters?
After all, why couldn't it be also connected with the Germanic
goddess Nerthus described by the Romans (Tacitus?)? If all these
words were derived from a root *ner- meaning something like
`(life-giving) strength', they would be also cognate to the
Osco-Umbrian word _ner_, `man'...