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

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 63885
Date: 2009-04-23



--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

From: Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...>
Subject: [tied] Re: Etruscan related to proto-indo-european? Is Linear A Luwian?
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 1:33 PM



--- In cybalist@... s.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@ ...> wrote:

> All those arguments have been around for decades. Does she say
> anything original?

Excuse, me, Rick, but, in addition to the fact that of late your postings are hardly legible (sort of what happened with Arnaud's), I don't understand your question. In my post I have presented Anna Morpurgo-Davies' arguments *AGAINST* the Pre-Greek substratum being Luwian or, more in general, Anatolian like many scholars, including Margalit Finkelberg, opine. Aren't Morpurgo-Davies' arguments original? Or were you referring to Margalit Finkelberg's book (also cited in my post)?

Regards,
Francesco

I was referring to Finkelberg. From what I'm seeing, she's presenting Palmer's musings as fact without really offering anything new.

Now, would you be kind enough to fill me in a bit more re: Morpurgo-Davies?

My personal view is that while there are some demonstrable links between Ancient Greek and Anatolian in the form of what seem to be loanwords (i.e. as a possible minor adstrate), that I haven't seen enough to establish  Anatolian as a substrate. Younger shows a couple of words in Linear A that seems to have affinities in Anatolian but one is the name of a Goddess and both could also be from Semitic.


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