Re: Re[2]: [tied] PIE anthroponyms and Animals

Brian:

> I think that Joao meant that Latin doesn't seem to have the
> dithematic personal names otherwise rather characteristic of
> IE languages. The Roman naming system does stand out as
> unusual, and it did borrow a good many gentilicia, at least,
> from the Etruscans.

Yes, I understand. This is why I mentioned that I don't know of
an identified word for "horse". If we did know what the typical
word for "horse" was in Tyrrhenian languages like Etruscan, we
might be able to narrow in on Tyrrhenian names and their etymology
as well as be able to show that the pattern is indeed something
imported from Asia Minor. So far, it's nothing more than one of
several unproven ideas that people may ponder on.


= gLeN