i think you're right Brian
may be root Ner- means like : to spring (like water)
but tribal name Nerviens = Neruiens
connecting with Ner(t)- : virile/man > Power/Strength
Middel Welsh Ner- : Hero
Grec Aner : Man
Latin Neriosus/Nero
Osque Nerum
Sanskrit Nar- : Man/Warrior and Sūnárah : Vigorous
Albanish Njerí : Man
But Ner- : Under exist but non -apropriate
see this Pokorny
http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/startq.cgi?flags=endnnnl&root=leiden&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cpokorny
Root / lemma: ner-2
English meaning: under
German meaning: `unten'
Derivatives: ner-tero- `unterer'
Material: Gr. nšrteroj `unterer, tieferer, unterirdischer' (durch Kreuzung mit œneroi `die Unterirdischen', s. S. 312 *en `in', auch ™nšrteroj); nšrqe(n) (und wieder œnerqe(n), dor. „ol. œnerqa) `von unten'; neirÒj `der Unterste' (*neri¸o-); osk. nertrak `a sinistra', umbr. nertru `sinistro' (= nšrteroj); tiefstufig aisl. nor?r n. `Norden', ags. nor?erra `mehr n£rdlich', ahd. nordr¡ni `n£rdlich'(Norden ist bei der Richtung des Betenden nach Osten = links);
m£gliche Verwandtschaft von n-er- mit *n-ei- `nieder' (S. 312).
References: WP. II 333 f.
Page(s): 765 - 766
Pat
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--- En date de : Mar 22.7.08, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...> a écrit :
De: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
Objet: Re: [tied] Nereus, Nerthus, Njord and a few other thoughts part 1
À: "A." <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Mardi 22 Juillet 2008, 21h18
At 12:35:12 PM on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, A. wrote:
[...]
> The Norse Vanic aquatic deity Njord is supposed to be
> linguistically related to Nerthus (via the Proto-Gmc
> Nerthuz).
> If we can connect Nerthuz with Nereus we might then assume
> a rather precise match between Njord & Nereus.
> C. Gwinn stated:
> "There likely is a connection between Nereus and the Irish
> Nera (who seems to be a late reflection of the Gaulish god
> Nerios, the tutelary divinity of the healing waters at
> Neris-les-Bains, France)."
[...]
> In light of this evidence does it seem valid to suggest
> that all are derived from *Ner(1)- , meaning "under"?
Why not a basis in the cluster *h2ner- 'man', *h2ner-to-
'virile, strong', etc.?
Brian
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