Re: [tied] Etymology of Rome

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@>
> wrote:
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> > maybe it´s not IE, maybe it´s Etruscan.
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> Based on...?
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> > or maybe if it is IE maybe it´s not Q-Italic
> Latium is an Proto-Latin zone
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> > I wonder what could be the PIE etymology of Rome
> > Marius
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> 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')
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> So maybe initially Rome was only 'a (nice) resting place' of the
> shepherds on 'the seven hills'...
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> Marius
>

Or maybe Rome is 'the city of Romulus' as BucureSti is 'the city of
Bucur', and in this case Romulus would be 'the quiet person'

Marius