From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60689
Date: 2008-10-08
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
>>
>> Old Umbrian *Etro-rous-ko:s 'Otherlanders' .
>>
>> Is -rous- cognate of Latin ru:s, ru:ris "open space, outdoor, field"
>
> Yes, that's the idea; *etro-rous-ja: 'land of the Others' (cf. OE
> el(e)-land 'foreign contry', with the first element cognate to <alius>),
> *etro-rous-(i)ko- > *etrousko- 'one of its inhabitants'. I find it quite
> compelling.
>
> Piotr
>
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Then what shall be done with the other word turs- ?
A parallel is <Etru:sci:> (length shown by <Etru:ria>) which has
nothing to do with <Tursa:noi>, <Turskom>, <Tusci:> (shortness shown
by <Toscana>).
Arnaud