Re: [tied] Re: APOLLO and ... MARS?

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 9949
Date: 2001-10-02

>I thought that Greek [sminthos] = "mouse", [Smintheus] = "mouse god".

Hmm, is there an IE origin to *sminthos or is this considered to
be a mysterious substrate word? I hesitate to consider it Tyrrhenian,
since I'm particular about my current theory that the expected
Tyrrhenian reflex of "mouse" from ProtoSteppe was *sekla/*setla
(hence Sethlans).

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