From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 55949
Date: 2008-03-26
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick McCallister
That's the usual explanation and probably the closest
we can get to anything based on what we think we know
about Etruscan
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What about *bhar-dha "beard" ?
assuming phersu could be a cognate.
Why should prOs-Op-On
become phErsU ??
What about vocalic scheme ?
Arnaud
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--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
>
> Latin persona comes from Greek praisopeia (sp?) via
> Etruscan phersu, where it meant "mask"
>
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>
> Are we sure of this ?
>
> Arnaud
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