george knysh wrote:
>
> *****GK: I take it then that "AGATHYRSOI" might be
> interpreted as "the very bold" or "the very strong"?
> As a Greek version of some non-Greek name it would be
> in the same category as the name of the Callipidae
> Would you take a tentative stab at how "AGATHYRSOI"
> (in the above sense might) be rendered in Iranic?****
>>
Hmmm.. normaly we should have to try to connect the name inside of the
same folk ( if the same).
For Dacian names we have "Dirzo, Derzela" which matches very well with
Thyrso.
And the meaning of "bold" is keept. Romanian "dîrzul" in this case
doesn't need any slavic loan from "drUzU" but is the very normal
evolution of *dHRg^H-s
In this case even Piotr will like the word ( see the "satem" aspect of
g^H > z) but I am happy too since it seems this is the one of the 3
possible "g" which became "z" in Thracian.
I wonder which should be the Albanian form here fro Slavic drUzU and
Rom. "dîrzul"