minimal pairs

[Douglas G Kilday]

On 22 Dec 2000, Eduard Selleslagh wrote:

>And the (in origin Anatolian) Etruscans are linguistically second cousins of
>the Italic speaking peoples, so the search for the roots of the latter day
>Antonii (etc...) risks becoming cyclical ('cercle vicieux').

This is the second time in a month you have represented this flimsy
hypothesis of Etruscans coming from Anatolia as though it were an
established fact. If you actually have any non-cyclical arguments
(preferably linguistic) in favor of an eastern homeland for the Etruscans,
perhaps you could post them here or on the other list.

Doug Kilday

[ Moderator's note:
  The hypothesis that the Etruscans may have originated in Anatolia appears to
  be supported by the presence on the island of Lemnos of a stele inscribed in
  a language clearly related to but differing from the Etruscan of Italy.
  --rma ]