Fluent Etruscan in 30 days! (was: Latin perfects)

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Rick and IEists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Steven A. Gustafson <stevegus at aye.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 3:35 PM

> This is true, but my question would be: does *ansar represent a widely
> attested word for a deity, or is it another of those strange Germanic
> ones?

My opinion is that *ansu- is a derivative of *ans-, 'favorable'; if it is, I
think it may be connected not only with other IE languages through *ans- but
even with Egyptian gs-3, 'favorite'.

Pat

PATRICK C. RYAN (501) 227-9947; FAX/DATA (501)312-9947 9115 W. 34th St.
Little Rock, AR 72204-4441 USA WEBPAGES:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803 and PROTO-RELIGION:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit
ek, at ek hekk, vindga meipi, nftr allar nmu, geiri undapr . . . a ~eim
meipi er mangi veit hvers hann af rstum renn." (Havamal 138)