Re: [tied] Ares etymology (was Re: Bakkhos etymology)

----- Original Message -----

From: Rob

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 5:36 PM

Subject: [tied] Ares etymology (was Re: Bakkhos etymology)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@......>
wrote:
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: alex<mailto:alxmoeller@......>
>
>   Ares was
>   originary the good of the hard winter, of the cumplitely wind.
>
>   PCR:
>   No, I disagree. He was a god of cutting men (war) and cutting     
> soil (agriculture) and cutting up (intoxicants).

This suggests to me that the etymology of _Are:s_ is 'cutter'
or 'ploughman', if the IE root *xer(H)- originally meant 'cut'.  If so,
then *xer(H)trom originally meant 'cutting tool' and later acquired a
special connection with the soil, becoming 'plough'.

- Rob





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