Re: Please help me bury a dead horse

Pardon me, I should have included a caveat along the lines of:

The etymology of Hermes remains unclear. Beekes has suggested it derives from a Pre-Greek substrate, however, among IE origins, the following have been proposed.

(I'm unsure whether there are any other strong candidates beyond those two listed below).

Sorry for the sloppy first post!
-Aydan

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Aydan" <xthanex@...> wrote:
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> Regarding the etymology of Hermes and the Hermae: (from the thread "Hermes again")
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> DGK suggested the IE root *ser- 'to line up, join together, connect' - given in the AHDIER as *ser-(3), This then giving rise to the Att.-Ion. *herme: 'articulate speech'.
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> While Marius suggested the original IE root *ser-(2) 'to flow, to rush, to follow'. Eventually resulting in something akin to 'the one that follows the paths' (the God of Travellers - the Messenger of Gods)
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