Re: [tied] Troj ( it was ancient sources)

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 20056
Date: 2003-03-19

Alex:
>Glen's thoughts maybe. Or maybe he has some data there. In fact
>what should mean troy mean?

The name "Troy" is certainly not Romanian. Troy dates back to
3500 BCE afterall. When I last left the problem of the name,
I concluded that Troy derives ultimately from "Taru". The reason
behind this is that Taru happens to be the Hattic storm god,
and it seems appropriate to dedicate a city by the water to a
potentially vengeful storm god. Unfortunately, such a dedication
obviously didn't offer protection against war.


- gLeN


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