Re: Nereus, Nerthus, Njord and a few other thoughts part 1

On 2008-07-22 21:18, Brian M. Scott wrote:

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> At 12:35:12 PM on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, A. wrote:

> > In light of this evidence does it seem valid to suggest
> > that all are derived from *Ner(1)- , meaning "under"?
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> Why not a basis in the cluster *h2ner- 'man', *h2ner-to-
> 'virile, strong', etc.?

It might work for some of the items, but surely not for Gk. Ne:reús.

Piotr