Re: Etruscana (was: some Proto-Quendic grammar)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 18, 2003, 6:08 |
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On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 04:44 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
> Ray Brown wrote:
[snip]
> I don't think anyone now adheres to Kretschmer's actual theory - but I'm
>> fairly certain there are still similar ideas about that link Etruscan
>> with
>> with the IE of Anatolia (Hittite, Luwian etc) and/or with Nostratic.
>>
> Indeed. Perhaps not intelluctual heirs of Kretschmer, but a few
> contributors-- professional as well as amateur linguists-- to Cybalist
> espouse the idea (if I read them correctly) that Etruscan-- or
> Rhaeto/Lemno/Estruscan if you will-- and PIE were sister or at least
> "cousin" languages. Some quite interesting evidence/theories have been
> put
> forward, though personally I remain skeptical.
Yep - I'm sure such theories are still espoused. Theories are always
interesting;
but on this I remain unconvinced. Most of the objective evidence about
Etruscan
does not indicate IE connexion as far as I can see. Try these numerals:
1 thu /t_hu/
2 zal
3 ci /ki/
4 sa
5 mach /mak_h/
6 huth
10 sar
20 zathrum
Ray
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