Thoughts On The Lemnos Stele

Stanley Friesen sarima at friesen.net
Thu Feb 8 14:26:07 UTC 2001


At 01:56 PM 2/1/01 -0500, Ernest P. Moyer wrote:
>The name still carries today on the Iberian peninsula.  Folk traditions say
>they migrated as far as Ireland.  In fact, the name Ireland derives from
>Iberi.

That is not the derivation I have heard.  My understanding is that it comes
from *aria: (as in Aryan).  I find that more likely.

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