Re: Online Etruscan glossaries available aplenty

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 8490
Date: 2001-08-14

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> An unnamed soul writes:

> >>No, but how about Etruscan (and Lemnian) *as- "god"
>
> How about what now? This word doesn't even exist. The word for
> "god" is spelled /ais/ or /eis/ in Etruscan, not **as-. It's bad
> etiquette to make up words or new spellings of words, especially
> when there are so many online resources on Etruscan that are
> available for even the laziest of linguists among us. The Lemnos
> Stele is also available online for easy perusal.


Moreover, "and Lemnian" is not warranted, whatever one makes of the
Lemnos Stele inscription. Thanks, Glen.

Piotr