Re: [tied] Apple is to Orange as Etruscan is to NEC

> >In my opinion Etruscan originated in Anatolia. It was probably a
> >bit of a mixture even by the time they left there, thoroughly

contaminated by IE

> >Anatolian languages, and Hurrian, Hattic, Semitic and who knows
> >what else. Then it was inundated with Greek and Italic words too, during
> >the journey and during the several hundred years they lived in Italy

before they

> >started writing.

Glen says:

> So we agree.

Even the non-linguist agrees here. Still don't like the Tyrrhenian name
though. Welcome back Glen.
John Croft sends his regards to you and others on the list. He is deep in a
project and will come back up when things clear up. I'm afraid that during
his absence, key elements of his OoA dependency and timetable have been
threatened however.

Cu Stima;
Rex H. McTyeire
Bucharest, Romania