Re: [tied] Backward Etruscan

> > 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?

Gee - I asked that question a year ago! I don't even remember writing it, so
I definitely don't remember what I was trying to find out. I think I wanted
the etymology of Saturn, Minerva and Mercury (seeing that I have read that
these Latin names may have been influenced by Etruscan).

-Chris Gwinn