Re: IndoTyrrhenian, French and avoidance of N+N non-dvandva compoun

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

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> PS: And Torsten, if you're listening... the connection between
> Etruscan and "people of the rivers" are _my own_ ideas (at
> least as far as I know) and probably won't be found in a
> textbook anytime soon. The Etruscans call themselves Ras'na,
> a name that isn't connectable phonetically to IE "river-folk"
> names. The origin of their name is unknown. Even _I_ can't
> think up an etymology for it... yet. In Etruscan, the word
> /lautn/ only appears to mean "family". Just have to make
> that clear... I don't want to corrupt anybody or anything :)
>
> - gLeN
>
>

Me? I'm always listening. I don't feel corrupted, I'm afraid. Are you
saying that since this idea is your own, I shouldn't believe it?
Just leafed thru Saxo. He recounts a visit to the far north where
they see a bridge which crosses the boundary line between the humans
and the thurs...

Torsten