Now, perhaps I should reiterate my position on Etruscan's relationship to Indo-European by stating that I emphatically *do not* believe that Etruscan or any of its tongues that I believe are part of a Proto-Aegean language family (Lemnian, Rhaetic, Eteo-Cypriot, Eteo-Cretan, and Minoan) are classifiable as Indo-European languages whatsoever. However, I do believe that there is an ultimate relationship between Proto-Aegean and Proto-Indo-European and that they had diverged from each other by around 7000 BCE. I also think that the relationship between Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Aegean is much closer than the relationship between Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Uralic. If I'm correct, it's a productive topic for budding Nostraticists to delve into further.
So for idle kicks, here's my latest superficial attempt at fleshing out the Etruscan pronominal system:
singular | plural | |
1st person | mi (nom.) mini (obl.) | *vi (nom.) *mer (obl.) |
2nd person | *zu (nom.) *zini (obl.) | *ti (nom./obl) |
3rd person animate | an | in |
3rd person inanimate | in | in |
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