Thessalia's etymology: Thessalos/Phettalos

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 20565
Date: 2003-03-31

What is the etymology of Thessalia? Thessalos has a dialectal variant Phettalos, what points to a *gWHe(ss)alos. "ss" may have many origins.
 
Joao SL