Re: [tied] Catching up again...

> Joao:
> >Basque zazpi is so similar to Etruscan Cezph "8".
>
> No, not at all. Etruscan /cezph/ is a native word starting with a

voiceless

> inaspirate velar stop /k/ and is a compound meaning "three from (ten)",
> hence "seven". Note Etruscan /ci/ "three", pronounced /ki/.
>
> Basque /zazpi/ is pronounced /saspi/ because "z" is /s/ and "s" is /s^/ in
> Basque orthography.
>
> - gLeN
>

Thanks. I thought Etruscan cezph was pronnounce like Latin ce- ci-, as /s/
or /ts/.
Is Basque Z pronnounced as /s/ ? Was not /th/ ?