๐Œ•๐Œ–๐Œ‹๐Œ€๐Œ“

Etruscan

Etymology

Pittau (2018) claims a connection with Latin terra, tellลซs (โ€œearthโ€), Tellลซs (โ€œEarth Motherโ€), Tellลซrus (โ€œmale deityโ€) and tellลซster (โ€œbelonging to the earth, terrestrialโ€).

Pronunciation

  • (8โ€“5th BCE Southern Archaic): IPA(key): [tฬชulฬชษ‘rฬช]
  • (8thโ€“5th BCE Northern Archaic): IPA(key): [tular]
  • (5th BCEโ€“1st AD Recent): IPA(key): [toฬฅlar]

Noun

๐Œ•๐Œ–๐Œ‹๐Œ€๐Œ“ โ€ข (tular) inan

  1. earth
  2. land, ground, country
  3. boundary cippus

Descendants

  • โ†’? Latin: terra
  • โ†’? Latin: Tellลซs

Further reading

  • Pittau, Massimo (2018) Dizionario della lingua etrusca [Dictionary Of The Etruscan Language] (in Italian), Ipazia Books, page 446
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