Re: [tied] Is Lars a Etruscan name?

That's exactly what I thought. The idea of Scandinavian Lars as Etruscan
seemed absurd to me. Lars is an Etruscan name (Lars Porsena) but it's just
coincidence.

Thanks Brian, Thorsten and Daniel.
Joao

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: João Simões Lopes Filho <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Is Lars a Etruscan name?


> At 11:07:13 PM on Monday, May 5, 2003, João Simões Lopes
> Filho wrote:
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> > I've read in a newspaper about Scandinavian name Lars
> > being of Etruscan origin. Is it true?
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> 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'.
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> Brian
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