Joao:
>Well, following the very usual theonyms in -nos: Vulcanus "Lord of
> >*Vulca:". Maybe *Vulca means metteor, lightining, or anything like.
>Is There any example of r>l in Etruscan?
Why *Vulca: with an asterisk? Are you refering to the very Etruscan city of
Vulci? Translating "(Lord) of Vulci" in Etruscan would indeed bring us to
/Velcha-n-s/ with the -n(a) ending used for conveying a genitive sense and
the nominative /-s/ seen in all Tyrrhenian languages (Etruscan, Lemnian and
Rhaetic). According to McCallister's site, there is also Rhaetic /Velxanu/.
Translating the "Lord of Vulci" or even "of Vulci" in Latin would inevitably
lead us to something totally unexpected phonetically.
Hmm, given the "of-Vulci" scenario, this would seem to be the best etymology
that I was totally unaware of (or had possibly forgotten in my travels to
the library), giving me much shame... I am not worthy to live. Sigh. Oh
well. You win some, you lose some.
Examples of r>l in Etruscan? Or do you mean l>r? Within historical Etruscan?
Or prehistorically using my IndoTyrrhenian hypothesis? In the latter case,
the answer is no in both directions.
- gLeN
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