ππ ππ
Etruscan
FWOTD β 2 November 2012
Etymology
Of native origin, probably constructed with the noun formant -ππ (-il). Compare Lemnian ππ ππ (avis, βof years, of ageβ) with the Etruscan genitive form avil-s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ΛΙwΙͺl/ (> Late Etruscan /ΛΙwlΜ©/)
Noun
ππ ππ β’ (avil) inan
- year
- final years of the 6th century B.C. or first years of the 5th,[1] Thefario Velianas,[2] Pyrgi Tablets, first plate, lines 9-10:
- age
Derived terms
- ππ πππ (avile)
Descendants
- Latin: (via ππ πππ (avile)) Aulus
References
- Massimo Pittau, βGli Etruschi e Cartagine: i documenti epigraficiβ, LβAfrica romana: atti dellβXI convegno di studio; Dipartimento di Storia dellβUniversitΓ degli Studi di Sassari; (December 1994)