Re: Osiris = Orion

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Flaviano Pereira da Silva <flavianops@...> wrote:

 

Dear Mr Mishra,

Would you mind transliterating that? Some of us subscribers are not yet Indo-europeanists and are just here to learn.

 

Flaviano H. Pires

  

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De: Lalit Mishra <litsol@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 24 de Setembro de 2013 17:42
Assunto: Re: [tied] Osiris = Orion

 

Could we try tracing origin of Osiris in Sanskrit  अजस्र, अजर

 

Lalit Mishra

 

From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
To: Cybalist <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 3:26 AM
Subject: [tied] Osiris = Orion

 

Could Orion's etymology be related to Egyptian Wser (Osiris), a god also linked to Orion constelation? O:rion < *Wosrion- ?

JS Lopes