Abstract
The Lydian form of the toponym Sardis is reconstructed as *Sfard- or *Sfardi-, dat. *Sfardλ > Sfarλ, whereas sfarda- is neither a form of the toponym nor a form of the ethnicon, but a word with the suffix -da-. The personal name Spelmos in a Greek inscription, Spermos in a legendary narrative, is linked with Istupeλm-, possibly < *iš-stupeλm-. The name of king Croesus could be composed from the attested stems kro- and wis(δ)-, perhaps *-wis(δ)-u-. The gloss λαίλας «tyrant» is linked with the attested laλâns. The Lydian form could be a designation of the Moongod, as is «tyrant» much later.