Re: [tied] Backward Etruscan

Well, it's interesting. I've already thought in this possibility, but I've
never seen in any book.
Is there another examples of IE *magh- "battle"' outside Greek ?(Persian
maz-?)
The suffix -vrt(i) appears in Persian fravashi < *pra-vrti-

There's also for Mars duplicated forms Mamercus (<Ma(r)-marticos), Mamers
(Ma(r)-mart-).

Joao SL
Rio de Janeiro

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Subject: Re: [tied] Backward Etruscan


> >What's Mavort-?
>
> A perfectly respectable god-name in Latin, used as an alternative for
Mars,
> and as the basis for the adjective Mavortius. It is suggested that
Mavors
> < *magh (Greek mache = battle) + *vert/vort ("turn"), so meaning "he who
> turns the battle". The name Mars could be merely a contraction from
> Mavors.
>
> You'll find examples in Vergil's Aeneid at 6:872, 8:630 and about 5 other
> places, so it's thoroughly classical.
>
> Peter
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