Re: Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Aryan

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 52627
Date: 2008-02-11

I've seen it analyzed as
*arto-viros "Bear Man"
and
*arto-rix "Bear King"
Latin Arturius probably could have been either
BUT
only in popular books.
Chris Gwinn can probably set us right

--- ualarauans <ualarauans@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> > The name <Arthur> has nothing to do with anything
> meaning
> > 'man'.
>
> Is it not < *arto- + *viros "bear-man" (I don't
> remember where I saw
> it)?
>
>



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