Re: Etruscan related to proto-indo-european? Is Linear A Luwian?

On Linear A: she claims that -ss- and -nth- phonemes that appear in place names in Continental Greece are Luwian. On Etruscan, that they are originally Anatolian, and share with PIE a complex flexional system with many parallels, she claims.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> --- On Mon, 4/20/09, etherman23 <etherman23@...> wrote:
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> From: etherman23 <etherman23@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: Etruscan related to proto-indo-european? Is
> Linear A Luwian?
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 6:16 PM
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> --- In cybalist@... s.com, Francisco Antonio Doria
> <doriagen@ .> wrote:
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> > Just finished reading a book by Margalit Finkelberg, where she
> > makes two extraordinary claims, to me at least:
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> > - Etruscan is related to proto-indo-european .
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> I agree, though obviously much of the native lexicon of Etruscan
> was replaced with words from a substrate. However, this is not the
> mainstream view.
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> This discussion, however, is more appropriate for the Nostratic
> group.
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> Let's take it over there BUT I want to see concrete arguments