http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / dydy un iaith byth yn ddigon Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-13441 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:08:26 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-13441 Fool! Let's get things straight: 1. It's Etruscan text. I'm sure of it, but I don't know what it's doing in the 17th century. 2. The first name ends in -a!! ***LOOK*** at your own picture for God's sakes. Pathetically lazy of you to right "o" instead. 3. Are you sure this is really an "o" or is it a "theta"? 4. Etruscan -al-isa is a double genitive and typical in Etruscan names and since Arntni compares with "Arnth" as mentioned above by another poster, it's probably just three names, two being the first and last name of the person, and the third, describing his family origins/ancestry. Fool! Let’s get things straight:
1. It’s Etruscan text. I’m sure of it, but I don’t know what it’s doing in the 17th century.
2. The first name ends in -a!! ***LOOK*** at your own picture for God’s sakes. Pathetically lazy of you to right “o” instead.
3. Are you sure this is really an “o” or is it a “theta”?
4. Etruscan -al-isa is a double genitive and typical in Etruscan names and since Arntni compares with “Arnth” as mentioned above by another poster, it’s probably just three names, two being the first and last name of the person, and the third, describing his family origins/ancestry.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-13090 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:45:49 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-13090 Well, it's not Latin, and I don't get the impression it's Indo-European at all. Well, it’s not Latin, and I don’t get the impression it’s Indo-European at all.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-12744 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:26:58 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-12744 Or it could mean something else in Umbrian. Or it could mean something else in Umbrian.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-12679 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:20:39 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2006/10/29/umbrian-mystery/#comment-12679 Wasn't there a personal name Arnth in Etruscan? (See, for example, .) This might be connected with the second word in this inscription, in which case it might indeed be Etruscan after all. Wasn’t there a personal name Arnth in Etruscan? (See, for example, .) This might be connected with the second word in this inscription, in which case it might indeed be Etruscan after all.

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