Questions tagged [etruscan]
For questions about the Etruscan language.
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Why is this Etruscan letter sometimes transliterated as "ch"?
I've noticed that the Etruscan letter 𐌙 is sometimes transliterated as "ch", as you can see in the following image of an information panel in the Hypogeum of the Volumnus family:
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Is the Etruscan word for lake, "tisś", derived from the word for water, "thi"?
Is the Etruscan word for lake, "tisś", derived from the word for water, "thi"? The Etruscan word "tina" (a type of a vessel) is, as far as I know, thought to derive from &...
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Are the Etruscan words "tisś" (lake) and "tusna" (swan) related?
Are the Etruscan words "tisś" (lake) and "tusna" (swan) related? I can imagine the word for swan coming from the word for lake, as swans live at lakes.
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Were Etruscan words such as "avil" (year) and "sum" (foot, measurement of length) singularia tantum or pluralia tantum?
Were Etruscan words such as "avil" (year) and "sum" (foot, measurement of length) singularia tantum or pluralia tantum? Would adjectives applied to them be declined in singular or ...
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A question about etymology of the Etruscan word for number eight
An often cited etymology is that the Etruscan word 𐌂𐌄𐌆𐌐 (kezp, eight) is a compound word from 𐌂𐌉 (ki, three) and 𐌆𐌄𐌐 (zep, hand), that it meant literally "three plus the number of ...
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How would you say "The Etruscan language died two thousand years ago and nobody understands it." in Etruscan?
What do you think, is "𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌋⸱𐌖𐌓𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌍𐌉⸱𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌄⸱𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌉⸱𐌆𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌖𐌌⸱𐌅𐌏𐌛⸱𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌉⸱𐌍𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌀𐌌⸱𐌉𐌍𐌂⸱𐌇𐌀𐌌𐌈𐌉𐌍" (transliterated: "...
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Origin of the Latin Language?
Latin is an Italic language which originated in the Italian peninsula, and was originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome located along the Mediterranean Sea. Similar to most European languages, ...
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What did the Etruscans call their letters?
We have a solid understanding of what the Romans called the letters of the alphabet, and the names of the Greek letters (alpha, beta, gamma…) are well-known.
However, there seems to be a step missing ...
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Are there Classical attestations of specifically "Etruscan" deities?
As the Roman Empire expanded, the state religion incorporated new deities and practices from all over the world: Bacchus, for example, was borrowed from the Greeks, while Isis came from Egypt, and ...
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Do any Latin authors preserve Etruscan quotations?
Many Latin and a few Greek phrases are now used in English, even by people who don't necessarily know the original language, as proverbs, phrases, mottos, and so on. Many short fragments from ancient ...
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What is the largest known piece of Etruscan literature?
The Etruscans had a written language, and they must have had some kind of literature.
Wikipedia gives a short mention.
What is the largest known piece of Etruscan literature?
It could be an epic poem, ...
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Are θ/þ/th distinct in Etruscan transcription?
While trying to answer an etymological question, I was looking through several different online resources about Etruscan vocabulary. Annoyingly, although these resources use mostly the same ...
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Why did the letters in the alphabet shift position?
When presented with the Greek alphabet, it is like this:
Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
Or the Etruscan alphabet:
A B G D E V Z H Θ I K L M N Ξ O P Ś Q R S T Y X Φ Ψ
But if we ...
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