Re: Titan < Kwitan ?????

> (3), based on the interpretation of the names
> themselves.
> And the word Titan (Greek Ti:tán), which was used by the Latin

poets as a

> name for the 'sun', probably is derived from IE kweit-, "bright", a

suitable

> epithet for a shining planet/star.

Pokorny would agree - Titanos coming from *kuit-@..., from *kuei-
"white/shine" (though he compares to Greek titanos "chalk").

- Chris Gwinn