Re: [tied] Etymology of Rome

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> maybe it´s not IE, maybe it´s Etruscan.

Based on...?

> or maybe if it is IE maybe it´s not Q-Italic

Latium is an Proto-Latin zone

> I wonder what could be the PIE etymology of Rome
> Marius

One option would be: PIE *h1remh- 'to rest, to be quiet'
In this case *h1romh-eh2 'halting/resting place' > Roma
(see Skt. rámate 'to rest')

So maybe initially Rome was only 'a (nice) resting place' of the
shepherds on 'the seven hills'...


Marius