[tied] Re: Creation > IE Astronomy

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:

> *aus-ro- lexeme in Germanic *Austro:n (Easter)
>
> *(a)usro- in Latin would must be *(a)ubr- (Osco-Umbrian aufr-/ofr-

/ufr-).

> How about *umbrus (Umbrian)? Could be a nasalized form of *ubrus? A

meaning

> similar to Ausonia?
>
> what's the etymology of OE earendel = ON aurvandill = OHG orentil ?
> Perhaps O:rion < *Ausriyon, throught a different IE dialect in

Greece.

>

As I recall, Orion's myth was centered in the east Aegean and so
might have been adopted from Lydia. He might be a sacrificial hero
character similar to Acteon. Hunter gods had a habit of getting
killed tragically. Might his name be adopted from an ancient
Anatolian dialect?