> > Stupid question: was Etruscan related to IE, and if so how?
> Plausible but unproven.
(a) My German friends often say to me, there are no stupid questions, only
stupid answers. I think it's a phrase they must learn at school.
(b) In addition to the answers already given, it's worth noting that
Etruscan is related - if at all - not so much to IE as to PIE. It is not
an IE language, since it does not share the common birth of all IE languages
in PIE. At best it would be a sister language to PIE.
Peter