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APPENDIX II: ON THE POSITION OF THE ETRUSCAN
LANGUAGE
The following list of comparanda for the Etruscan language
is based on Woudhuizen 1992b and Woudhuizen
1998 (with references to earlier literature), and supplemented
by Steinbauer 1999 as discussed in Woudhuizen
2001a. For the comparisons with Greek and Latin I have
made use of Charsekin 1963, especially 24-8, amplified, as
far as Greek is concerned, by Schachermeyr 1929: 248, Fiesel
1931: 43; 51-2, and van der Meer 1992: 68. The
meaning of the Etruscan words, elements and endings is in
most instances secured by a comprehensive interpretation
of the texts in which these appear.
HITTITE ETRUSCAN
vocabulary 672
1. aku-, eku- “to drink” acun-, ecun-
2. ®ašti- “bones” casia-
3. ®ila- “enclosure” cleva-
4. Gulšeš (divinities of fate) Culsans-
5. gurta- “citadel” Curtun-
6. iya- “to make” ia-
7. -ma “but, and” -m
8. man (optative particle) man
9. maniya®®- “to handle,
administer”
10. neku- “to diminish, become
twilight”
mena-, meni-
nace-, ne-
11. newa®®- “to renew” nuca- 673
12. nu- (introductory particle) nu-
13. parku- “high” pari-
14. purullia- “new year’s
feast”
ril
15. sannapi “sporadic” snuia
16. wal®- “to strike, hit,
smite”
17. weda-, wete- “to build” vatie-
Velc-, Vel-
672 This category also includes onomastic material relevant to the
subject, except for the subsections on the comparisons with Greek
and Latin/Italic.
673 Note that the treatment of Hittite -®®- is not consistent in
Etruscan, being omitted in mena-, meni- < Hittite maniya®®-, but
represented by -c- in nuca- < Hittite newa®®-.
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CUNEIFORM LUWIAN
vocabulary
ETRUSCAN
18. nnan “under” ana, en-
19. nta “in” inte-
20. ppan “behind; re-” apa, epn
21. Aššiya- “Assiya [GN]” Asi-
22. aw- “to come” av-, ev-, hev-
23. -®a “and; also” -c, -
24. ®andawat(i)- “king” cami-, can-
25. ®®®a- “grandfather” cea-, cei-
26. ®ui(ya)- “to run, march” cu(vu)-
27. kattawatnalli- “vindictive,
revengeful”
qutef-
28. kui- “who, what” -va-
29. maššani- “god(dess)” masan-
30. mawa- “4” muva-
31. nani- “brother” Nana-
32. niš “not” nes, ne, nis
33. -pa “but, and” -pa
34. parran, par “before, pre-” per-
35. p(ya)- “to give” p-
36. sarltta- “libation-offering” sela- (< *serla-)
37. samnai-, samniya- “to
found”
hamai-, amei-
38. Tar®unt- “Tar®unt [GN]” Tarna-
39. Tiwat- “sun-god [GN]” tiur-
40. dp(a)i- “to strike, hit” tupi
41. twa- “to place, put” tva-
42. wa- (introductory particle) va-, fa-
43. walli(ya)- “to elevate” fal(a)-
44. walwa- “lion” Velavena-
45. wanatt(i)- “woman,
mother”
Uni-
46. wini(ya)- “vine, wine” vina-
word formation
47. adjectival -ašši- -s-, --
48. adjectival -alli- -l-
49. ethnic -wanni- -ni-
50. factitive -nu(wa)- -nv-, -nu-
51. iterative -š(š)- -s-, --, -z-