On 2008-10-08 19:40, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
> I did not know we have such a good knowledge of Osco-Umbrian.
> I thought most of it was inferential.
_Some_ of it is, but different case-forms of the word (<etru, etre,
etram(-a), etraf, etres> occur in clear contexts in long and well
understood Umbrian texts, such as the Iguvine Tables.
As for its origin, <etr(o)-> reflects the pronominal element *(h1)e-
with the contrastive suffix *-tero-, the same as in Lat. alter or Gmc.
*anþeraz.
Piotr