Res: [tied] Re: Germanic folk

Etruscan name of Dionysos was Fufluns, that seems to be from Italic origin, *Poplo:nos. Etruscan theonyms with endings in -s seem to be Italic: Nethuns, Sethlans, Velchans, Turms, etc. Poplo:nos, "People-God" resembles *LeudHyonos (cf. Umbrian Vofionu) and Gaulish Teutates.

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De: Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 7 de Junho de 2007 22:12:34
Assunto: [tied] Re: Germanic folk

--- In cybalist@... s.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-06-07 22:37, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > Any possible link to Latin populus? i.e. if it is a
> > reduplication < *pol-, *pul- or even *pOlp-?
>
> I don't think so. Lat. populus (arch. poplus) looks like a Sabellic
loan
> (cf. Umbr. poplos), so it may well be PIE *kWekWlos, which would
explain
> the /o/ (Sabellic *kWe- > *kWo- > po-). The meaning would have evolved
> from 'wheel, circle' to 'something that surrounds, a ring of people'
-->
> 'assembly, multitude', as in Greek, where <kuklos> may mean such things.
>
> Piotr
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But, dominant view is that Latin populus is of Etruscan origin. (AHD,
4th edition.)

Konushevci

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