Re: [tied] Etymology of Rome

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> ........... Etruscan was an IE language as was
> proved by Bekees in "The Origin of Etruscans", see file section on
> Cybalist).

I must disagree with this- as I read the document, Beekes does not
even claim Etruscan was an IE language, much less prove it. He regards
it as a substratum language which survived for an extended period of
contact with IE Lydian.

Best regards,
Ned Smith