Re: [tied] Is Lars a Etruscan name?

Okay, so let me get this straight. The Etruscan name Lars was really
Larth? Why is it written Lars then? And did the Latin name Laurentius
come from the Etruscan name Larth? So the Etruscan name really isn't
Lars, it's Larth?

-Micheal

On Wed, 7 May 2003 17:04:33 -0300
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Sim=F5es_Lopes_Filho?= <jodan99@...> writes:

> Is -Vur- > -Vfr- usual in medieval Norwegian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel J. Milton <dmilt1896@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Is Lars a Etruscan name?
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> wrote:
> > At 11:07:13 PM on Monday, May 5, 2003, Jo�o Sim�es 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
> ********
> 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
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