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

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> >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).

I don't know, but wouldn't Sminthos fit as one of those mysterious
nthos words that appear to be non-Greek in origin?

I read that some consider those nth words that pop up a lot in
Etruscan to be related to these mystery nthos words.

Cort Williams