Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"

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From: "glen gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"


> Patricks on the Etruscan word /ruma/:
> > Perhaps you can give me a recognized source of
> > such a word?
>
> Yet again people are doing _your_ homework for you.
> I hope everyone takes a look at this link. It is a
> valuable tool for those who want to learn a thing
> or two about _attested_ Etruscan inscriptions:
>
> http://web.infinito.it/utenti/e/etruscan/volc1.htm
>
> Look for the title "TOMBA FRANC,OIS : NOMI DI EROI E
> PERSONE MITICHE" where it displays the attested
> inscription:
>
> a: marce . camitlnas
> b: cneve tarcHunies rumacH
>
> The second line is a known Latin name "Gnaeus
> Tarquinius". With a Latin name, he is naturally
> Roman... hence /rumacH/ can only sensibly mean
> "Roman".
>
> The end. The "mystery" has been solved long ago.


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Patrick:

As usual, Glen has misunderstood what he has read.

Never have I questioned the existence of the word <rumach> or its meaning:
'Roman'.

Three years ago, I published an Etruscan Glossary at my website

http://geocities.com/proto-language/EtruscanGlossary.htm

which includes the word and its meaning.


> As for whether it ultimately means 'ford' in Etruscan,
> it's a long shot, not fact.


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Patrick:

As Mozart's patron said: "Da hast Du's!"

Our resident Etruscanist confirms <ruma>, 'ford, bridge', occurs only in
RMCC's fecund imagination.

What is shocking is that G. did not know or determine this before bandying
it about.

Chlop o chlop.

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