Re: Osiris = Orion

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 71328
Date: 2013-09-22

Thanks!

De: Stewart Felker <stewart.felker@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Sábado, 21 de Setembro de 2013 19:15
Assunto: Re: [tied] Osiris = Orion

 
Negative. See PIE *h₃r-(i-) 'to rise'. Latin orior, 'to appear above the horizon, rise'. And see the entry for ὄρνυμαι in Beekes.



SJ Felker,
University of Memphis


On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:
 
Could Orion's etymology be related to Egyptian Wser (Osiris), a god also linked to Orion constelation? O:rion < *Wosrion- ?

JS Lopes