Mr Caws:
> I have heard Tarchies as an alternative(Connected with the
>personal name Tarxi?) I do think it is odd that we haven't seen this
>name more often, though.
Well, I have a thought about that etymology then. How about /tarchi/ and IE
*derk^- "to see". Tages is a "seer" of the future afterall and the sound
correspondances are perfectly regular (/t/ = *d and /ch/ = *k) as I know of
them. So, if Etruscan /tarch-/ means "to see (into the future)", then
/tarch-i/ must surely have meant "seer" or "prophet".
- gLeN
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