[gothic-l] Attila

[babeck at ALPHALINK.COM.AU]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Xoxana at w... wrote:

> This article presents the earliest origin of runes. in prehistoric
> Scandinavia and from the Etruscan alphabet. Some words in Etruscan
and
> Scandinavian are oddly similar, such as "aesar" for "gods" and the
name
> "Lars".
I believe the similarity is pure coincidence.  The Norse "aesir" is
from Germanic *ansuz (plural *ansjuz). At the time the Etruscan
inscriptions were written, the "n" would, I believe, still have been
present in proto-Norse.
Cheers,
Brian


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