Re: [tied] Is Lars a Etruscan name?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
wrote:

> At 11:07:13 PM on Monday, May 5, 2003, João Simões Lopes
> Filho wrote:
>
> > I've read in a newspaper about Scandinavian name Lars
> > being of Etruscan origin. Is it true?
>
> It's from Latin <Laurentius>. The medieval Norwegian form
> was <Lafranz> and the like. In the 14th century <Lauri(t)s>
> and then <Lasse> came into use, and in the second half of
> the 15th century <Lars>. <Laurentius> is ethnic in origin,
> 'man of Laurentum'.
>
> Brian

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The short answer to the question in the subject line is "Yes."
Macauley's poem "Horatius at the Bridge" recited by schoolboys of
generations before mine begins:
"Lars Porsena of Clusium by the nine Gods he swore
The once proud house of Tarquin should suffer wrong no more."
That it is also a Scandinavian name would seem to be complete
coincidence.
Dan