Re: Troy, Rasna and Turan

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

> --- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> > Cort:
> > > It is interesting that Aphrodite/Venus was strongly allied with
> > >Troy and was the mother of Aeneas, isn't it? Could Troy also be
> > >named after Turan?
> >
> > I don't think so. My own view now is that the name "Rasenna",
> > the name that the Etruscans called themselves, is in fact derived
> > from *Tarwésena ("People of *Tarwése"). *Tarwése would be the
> > city of Troy. However, I like to fantasize that the name for Troy
> > itself means "of Taru", of the Hattic god of storm.
> >
> > As for Turan, I feel that it derives from an earlier form *Xastora
> > and is ultimately, strangely enough, of IE origin

(*xste:r "star").

> >
> > Of course, I could be wrong...
> >
>
> Perhaps this is relevant:
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/tr.html
>

should be:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hstr.html

> Torsten