Etruscans (was: minimal pairs)

[proto-language]

Dear Eduard and IEists:

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From: "Eduard Selleslagh" <edsel at glo.be>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:18 PM

And its source is popular Roman tradition, that speaks of a landing of a people
on or near the Latium coast; Etruscan Caere (now Cerveteri) is not far from
Rome, and the earliest known rulers of Rome (itself an Etruscan name:  Ruma)
were the Etruscan kings. So, it is entirely possible, even likely, that the
Romans confounded Etruscans and Italic peoples of the earliest period covered
by tradition.

[PR]
Could you tell me the source for the opinion that Roma is derived from
Etruscan Ruma? And what is it supposed to mean?

Pat

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