From 𐤨𐤠𐤭𐤬𐤮 (karos, a proper name) + -𐤥- (-w-, a semivowel) + 𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 (isas, “master, lord, noble”).[1]
*𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 (*krowisas)
- a male given name
- ^ Kearns, J.M. (1997) “A Lydian Etymology for the Name of Croesus”, in Disterheft, Dorothy, Huld, Martin E., Greppin, John A.C., Polomé, Edgar C., editors, Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel-Part One: Ancient Languages and Philology, Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, →ISBN, pages 23-28