Re: Backward Etruscan

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
> > I was wondering if any of the list members might be able to

comment

> on some of the Etruscan divine names (ex. Tinia - Zeus, Tinas

clerar-

> Dioskouroi, Thevrumines-Minotaur, Turms - Hermes, Uni - Hera,
> Nethuns - Poseidon, Maris - Ares, Menrva - Athena, Sethlans -
> Hephaistos, Thesan-Eos, Turan-Aphrodite, Fufluns - Dionysos, Apulu -

> Apollo).
> [snip]
> > -Chris Gwinn
>
> Yes, welcome back gLeN
>
> Look at the above Etruscan name for Minotaurus: Thevrumines.

Weren't

> you looking for a "backward" composition of Etruscan composite

nouns?

I read that Turms might be related to the Scythian god Thramis. I
don't know much about Thramis, however.. Does anyone know anything
about the potential origin of Tages, the child-deity?