--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "H.M. Hubey" <hubeyh@...> wrote:

>
> How does one explain Hermes=Mercury?

From the Microsoft Encarta Online Dictionary:

Mercury: "From Latin Mercurius, from merc-, the stem of
merx 'merchandise' (source of English 'merchant')."

I would say that there's *no* relationship between Hermes and
Mercurius (Mercury).

- Rob