All of the words on this list are taken from the “Etruscan Phrases” glossary by Mel Copeland, which can be found HERE. This is by no means a definitive list as this glossary lists only 1600 words.
As we will see, plenty of words can be easily labeled Indo-Europan, as they are common in many European languages. However, there are some that sound typically Slavic. The most interesting ones are marked in red.
Slavic personal names in Etruscan:
- ANA (name) and ANIA (river, name) Name Ana is considered to come from Hebrew, via Greek, but Anya is a typically Russian and Polish diminutive of the same name. More on the name Anya here.
- BORIS (name, wind) – (BVRIS) Boris is almost exclusively a Slavic name. Wikipedia article about the name Boris: “Boris, Borys or Barys (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian: Борис; Belarusian: Барыс) is a male name of Bulgarian origin. Nowadays, it is mainly present in Russia (by the number of the name carriers), almost equally in Belarus, less in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.”
- KOTEV (name?) The author was in doubt if this is a given name. It is a Slavic last name though, like for example here. -EV suffix is typically Slavic.
Etruscan toponyms on Balkans
- RAS, RASA, RASNE, meaning Etruria, Etruscan. This is how the Etruscan actually called themselves. The first capital of Serbs in the early 6th century was Ras and the country was Raska. One of the official etymologies of this word means “a people, race” (Slavic – rasa) while the other comes from Etruscan ROS (RVS) (rural, hence Latin “rusticus”) However, in the Bulgarian language the word “rusa” means “blonde” and it is used exclusively for hair. You can read more about it in the article on the city of Ruse, Bulgaria. This Bulgarian etymology explains why Slavs call Russians – Rusi (blonde-haired)
- TUTIN (to protect, to guard) – Tutin is a Serbian city in the above mention region of Raska.
- SEGETA (SEbETA) – crop, cornfield, field. Could this word be behind the etymology of so many toponyms in Pannonia, one of the most fertile parts of Europe? For example Szeged. (Serbian SEGEDIN)
- TURAN (Etruscan Aphrodite), TURIN, (people of). Compare with the capital of Albania – Tirana, with Tyrrhenian sea and possibly Torino. However, on Wikipedia article about Torino we read that its name comes from Taurini, “celto-ligurian-alpian people”. Etymology is explained by the Greek word “Tauros” – bull. Taurini people had also founded Taurunum, modern-day Zemun, Serbia. Boii and Taurini coexisted with Etruscan in Italy, just like they coexisted in Pannonia. One of the suggested etymologies of Boii is also “bull”. So could it be the same people under two different names? Maybe, but this is how Etruscan called the Boii according to this glossary – VOIA (8VIA)
- SAVO – sand. Compare with the river Sava that flows trough the Pannonian plane, one of the main sources for the river sand exploitation in Serbia to this date.
- ROM (RVM), ROMA, (RVMA). This is interesting because Serbs still use archaic, Etruscan form to call Romanians – Rumuni, and also there is a city called Ruma in Pannonia.
- PLANO (PLANV) – flat. Compare with Velika plana, a city in Serbia. (meaning Great Flatland)
Etruscan and Slavic numbers:
- TVE – (two) – DVA (DVE)
- TRE – (three), TRETI (third) – Slavic TRI, TRECI
- CATRA (four) – Slavic CETIRI
- PET (five) – Slavic PET
- SESTO (sixth) – Slavic SESTO (sixth, in a neutral gender) (sest = six)
- STO (hundred) – Slavic STO
Other common Etruscan and Slavic words:
- EST – to be, Slavic JEST
- SIM (SVM)– I am, Slavic SAM (SYM)
- SOME – we are, Slavic SMO
- SUNT – they are, Slavic SU
- ME – me, Slavic MI, ME
- TI – you, Slavic TI
- VI – to you, Slavic VI (you, plural)
- NE – no, not, Slavic NE
- NI – nor, Slavic NI
- NOCIS (NVCIS) – night, Slavic NOC
- NES – nose, Slavic NOS
- NOS (NVS) – our, Slavic NAS
- PRE – before, in front, Slavic PRE
- KROVE (KRVFE) – blood, Slavic KRV (KRF)
- BERCA – barque, Slavic BARKA
- MAR – sea, Slavic MORE
- SOL – Sun, Slavic SOLNCE, SUNCE
- SEC, SEK – to cut, Slavic SECI
- PROSIKOREN (PRVSIKVREN) – they shall cut – PRESECI
- STO, STA – to stand, Slavic STOJATI, STAJATI
- ITIS – you go – Slavic IDI
- MOLAK (MVLAK) – gentle, to become soft, Slavic MLAK
- BRATER – brother, Slavic BRAT
- MATRA – mother, Slavic MATER
- SOCRI (SVCRI) – mother in law, Slavic SVEKRVA
- CAMAREM – of the chamber, Slavic KOMORA
- TAME – darken, Slavic TAMA
- SALE – hall, Slavic SALA
- SALT – jump, to leap, Slavic SALTO
- OS (VS) – mouth or bone, Slavic KOST – bone, USTA – mouth
- MOLA (MVLA) – grind, stear, Slavic MLETI (infinitive)
- OVELI (VFELI) – sheep, Slavic OVCE
- SOPA (SVPA) – he, she sleeps – Slavic SPI, SPAVA
- SOPES (SVPES) – you sleep – Slavic SPIS
- POP (PVP) – priest, Slavic POP
- SKAL – stairs, leaders, Slavic SKALI (Bulgarian)
- ARO (ARV) – to plow, Slavic ORATI
- TEP – warm, Slavic TOPLO
- MAC – I soften, Slavic MEK
- LOS (LVS) – light, Slavic SVET-LOST (bright-light)
Conclusion:
As we saw, roughly 5% of the words, (out of an 1600 sample) would be mutually understood between a modern Slav and the ancient Etruscan. This can be explained by a common Indo-European root in most cases, but not in all, like in personal names mentioned above.
The point of this text is not to claim that Etruscans were Slavs, but to suggest that there is a possibility of a contact that is not mentioned in the history books. If such contact existed, our best bet would be tribes of Boii and Taurisci, but viewed as Sarmatians, and not as Gauls.
Etruscan language undoubtedly had a very strong influence of the Semitic languages, from the manner of writing from right to left, too many words like those on the Pyrgi tablets for example. On the other hand, some linguists have also proposed a connection with the Albanian language. This is not unlikely judging from the name of the capital of Albania, as well as by the Tosk, Albanian skull cap which has been also found on the mural paintings of the Etruscan. Unfortunately, I do not speak Albanian to be able to check these claims further, but the dictionary link is at the beginning of this page for anyone who would like to make a similar chart with the Albanian language.
Herodotus actually does mention that a group of Etruscan (Tyrrheni) lived near the area of Crestonia, Macedonia. See Hdt. 1.57.1
This claim of Herodotus has not been taken seriously by modern historians. But if we make an imaginary triangle from 1. Crestonia, Macedonia to 2. Tirana, Albania and to 3. Raska, Serbia, there are many traces of Etruscan culture and language that survive to this day.
Etruscan influence simply had to stretch much further than northern Italy. They were the renowned seafarers who traded as far as North Africa south France and Spain, so why not consider Adriatic sea and Balkans in the same equation?
Albanian language – not the language of the sea people
But it is this seafaring component that excludes Albanians as possible native Etruscans. Almost every study on their language states that they do not possess native words in a seafaring dictionary, meaning that their homeland was a mountainous region rather than a sea-coast. One such example:
“The Illyrian coast is not a likely source, since Albanian has no nautical or indigenous sea-faring terminology, and has supplemented this absence with borrowings from Latin or Greek or recent metaphorical lexical creations.” Albanian 101
This would mean that if there were indeed some Etruscan tribes on the territory of modern-day Albania they had to be assimilated in modern Albanian tribes at some later stage while leaving the heritage in terms of language and culture. Also, modern-day Albanians claim the Illyrian heritage, but Illyrians and Etruscans are not the same people.
As for the Sarmatian connection, we know that Albanoi was one of the Sarmatian tribes, so could it be that Etruscan people and Sarmatians had coexisted in Balkans AND in Northern Italy, that is why the Boii were so easily accepted there, while Romans had to fight their way through?
This is all really just a hypothetical theory, but the fact is that some of the words on this list sound extremely Slavic and that there are much more cognates between Slavic and Etruscan than Slavic and Latin, while most of the Latin cognates, in fact, come from Etruscan language. You can check a list of Slavic and Latin cognates here.
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The Etruscan script was deciphered back in the 80’s by Prof. Svetozar Bilbia. He translated many scripts. What he discovered was that the Etruscans called themselves Rashani and spoke a proto Slavic language. Western historians refuse to acknowledge the evidence and Bilbias work to this day.
Where i can read Svetislav Bilbija books?I’m expecially intrested into his translation of the etruscan script,becouse i’m searching it for some time.PS:Their are manny proofs that all ‘european civilizations’are in fact slavic civilization,that exist in europe since 18000BC.
Your Rasne; Rasenna are Tubal and Tiras and along with Meshech are the Reshu blond warrior caste; that the Etruscans brought with them to conquer the tribes in Italy and all Y-DNA R1a subclades as are the Marjannu Mitanni-Hurri; Hurri: Khurrites as in the Quirites of the Sabines as the Y-DNA Q men in Italy and Sicily.
Tusci are the Tubal Sabione and the Turskim the Getae Thracians and Mitanni Tubal and the Etrusci the Tarshish Javanites and the Sarmatians are the Madai Orelum as are the Ligurians as Y-DNA subclades; all above are worshipers of the Ara….
Autor treba da objasni na koji Albanski jezik misli.
1.Albanski jezik iz današnje Južne Albanije koji je nastajao od 11v.n.e do 1912g.
2.Albanski jezik naseljenog Gega iz Turske krajem 18v.n.e i početkom 19v.n.e kada Turski Sultan doseljava problematične Tatare i Čerkeze od Vranja preko Kosova i Metohije današnje Severne Makedonije i Albanije. Koji se nisu razumeli Sa južnim Albancima .
3.Albanski jezik koji je stvoren posle 1912g posle nastanka Albanije.
Dalje Albanci pitaju nekog : A po di shqip tj.da li govoriš šiptarski. Albanija je preuzeto ime pokrajine , mogli su kumovi novi narod da nazovu Epirci a državu Epir.
Ili po Makedoniji ili po Vlahiji ili po pokrajini Raban u današnjoj Albaniji gde se prvi puta javljaju u 12v.n.e.
Možda najbolje objašnjenje za pojavu Arbanasa na Balkanu su osvajanja Normana u 12v.n.e pa i veza sa jezikom južnog dela Albanskog naroda,ako uopšte postoji neki rečnik za taj južni deo .
Dalje autor dokazuje da nemaju pomorsku tradiciju jer su pozajmili reči za pomorstvo iz drugih jezika,što je tačno. Pa zaključuje da se radi o planinskom narodu.
Ali interesantno je da za osnovnu delatnost u planinskim krajevima pored stočarstva je kosidba tj.spremanje sena za zime koje traju više od 6 meseci.
U Albanskom jeziku ne postoji reč za kosidbu i kažu na Srpskom MEKOSIT za kosidbu.
Zlatko je u pravu. Takodje mnogo stvari sto je meni zapalo za oko jeste srpska kapa koju danas oni nose kao i jelek i bijele pantalone. Dokaz da su te bijele pantalone srpske (jedini sloveni koji su blizu njih) mozemo naci u Poljskoj koja nema dodirne tacke sa njima ali zato ima sa nama i tako vidimo da su te bijele pantalone od srba uzeli i za kapu postoje pisani izvori kada je vizantijski car napao srbe opisano je kako su sebi bili obiceni. Takodje oni kazu krevet kao i mi. Izbacimo li turcizme iz srpskog i albanskog ostaju u albanskom srpske latinskw i grcke rijeci. Ne sumnjivo je da istrazivaci albanskog jezika krecu od pretpostavke da je to ilirski jezik i tu i pogrijese mi nemamo izvore ilirskog sve sto imamo su grcki i latinski nazivi nekih ilirskih plemena od kojih je jedan upecatljiv Jezerasi, dalje sumnju baca i to sto albanci u mnogim stvarima i nazivima nemaju znacenje i smisao pa tako npr uzimaju prezime Kosova da bi mozda sutra neko rekao kako je to albanski naziv. Na moje pitanje sta znaci naziv Skadar, Drač, Drim, Tirana i td.. odgovor je nista samo naziv za grad. A naravno kod nas bi imalo smisla. Njihovi pleme Malisor znaci Brdjanin bukvalni prevod srpskog crna gora Mali e Zi s tim sto ovo Zi je znacenje crno (zi je mozda nastalo od Zift, zgar.. kao sto je njihovo Ne nastalo od Jok=Jo) njihovi dijelovi tijela lica nisu kao nasi nemaju nor dlan i taban njima je to ruka i noga…. izuzevsi islam i hriscanstvo kod njih svi obicaji su srpski jer i oni kao i mi vijeruju u kucnu zmiju, postovanje hljeba…. takodje nas VUK njihov je Uk/Uka (takodje daju imena) nesto veoma zanimljivo je to da mi spijevamo pijesme u desetercu jedanestercu i td da pijevamo na suvo (oni pijevaju na suvo regionalno) njihove sve pijesme su u osmercu. Mi imamo pijesmu o zidanju skadra i detaljne opise otvora oni imaju smisljenu Rizafu gdije je pola zene uzidano u grad i kasnije su i isklesali i postavili takav kamen kako bi potkrijepili pijesmu. Cudno je da, ako su zaista potomci ilira koji su se opirali preko 200 godina Rimu da dodju sloveni i sve ih asimiluju. Takodje cudno je i to da nije bilo mnogo ustanaka ja ne znam ni jedan u Osmanskom carstvu da su albanci podizali, jer u rimskom carstvu iliri su uvijek zakuvavali i vazili za narod koji je uvijek se bunio naravno tu su bile rasporedjene i najjace rimske legije… mnoge stvari nisu jasne tj vise je procenata da nisu iliri nego da jesu. Moje licno misljenje je da su iliri samo onoliko koliko su se izmjesali sa srbima/slovenima. Tj srba ima vise od drugih naroda uprkos cestim stradanjima u ratovima dok albanska ekspanzija u broju ljudi je pocela prije 100 godina, jos jedan dokaz da nisu iliri. I za kraj vise imaju slicnosti sa Baltickim plemenima nego sa ilirskim. Nas su zvali ilirima, i Rašanima i bas cudno jer ne vijerujem da je stefan nemanja znao da su postojali Etruscani u italiji i da je po tome i drzao ime Raska, takodje jedna lijepa stvar koja mi je zapala za oko. Nasa kapa Šubara koja me neodoljivo podsijeca na Frigijsku kapu, mislim da nas identitet se krije u nama samim ali da mi ne znamo da ga procitamo jer vijekovima su sijekli glave nasim glavesinama i naravno lako su nas pogresnome naucili…
Этруски – это русские 🙂
Etruscans were identified as Slavs by Tadeusz Wolański, mid XIX Warsaw University professor, in 2011 researcher Winicjusz Kossakowski deciphered Ethruscan alphabet , read Ethruscan inscriptions proving their Slavic language resemblance.
Etrasi – Это Раси – Rasi=Srbi (Sloveni)
eto, resio si zagonetku. Eto = to su