𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄

Umbrian

Representation of the word "uerfale" in Old Italic Umbrian script.

Etymology

Uncertain; possibilities include:

from Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”), and cognate to Latin urbs;
from Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”), thus formally equivalent to Latin verbālis.

Noun

𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 • (uerfale)

temple

References

Buck C. D., A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co., Boston, 1904

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