From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60687
Date: 2008-10-08
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>
>> 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
>
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Do we have other examples of the suggested word-formation ?
etro-rous-ko : Adj + nom (neuter) + ko
Arnaud