Editing Faunus (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''Faunus'' is generally thought to stem from [[Proto-Italic language|Proto-Italic]] *''fawe'' or ''*fawono'' (variant *''fawōn(jo)''), thus being [[cognate]] with [[Umbrian language|Umbrian]] ''fons'', ''foner'' ('merciful'). It may ultimately derive from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] (PIE) ''*bʰh₂u-n'' ('favourable'), which also reflects [[Old Irish]] ''búan'' ('good, favourable, firm') and [[Middle Welsh]] ''bun'' ('maiden, sweetheart').{{Sfn|de Vaan|2008|p=|pp=205–206}}<ref name=NečasHraste-Vuković-2011>{{cite journal |last1=Nečas Hraste |first1=Daniel |last2=Vuković |first2=Krešimir |year=2011 |title=Rudra-Shiva and Silvanus-Faunus: Savage and propitious |journal=Journal of Indo-European Studies |volume=39 |issue=1–2 |pages=100–115 |issn=0092-2323}}</ref>{{rp|style=ama|p= 102}}

Another theory contends that Faunus is the Latin outcome of PIE *''dhau-no-'' ('the strangler', thus denoting the 'wolf'), a proposition suggested by the fact that the two [[Lupercalia|Luperci]] ("wolf-men", from Latin ''lupus'', 'wolf') are commonly treated as temporary priests of the god Faunus.{{Sfn|Briquel|1974|p=31}}{{Sfn|Sergent|1991|p=18|ps=: "...&nbsp;le terme le plus proche est latin Faunus, qui, lié aux Luperci, doit être le loup"}} If so, his name would be cognate with the Greek ''θαῦνον'' (a less common synonym of ''θηρίον'', 'wild animal').<ref>https://lsj.gr/wiki/θαῦνον</ref>