𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌋

Etruscan

FWOTD – 2 November 2012

Etymology

Of native origin, probably constructed with the noun formant -𐌉𐌋 (-il). Compare Lemnian 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (avis, “of years, of age”) with the Etruscan genitive form avil-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑwɪl/ (> Late Etruscan /ˈɑwl̩/)

Noun

𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌋 • (avil) inan

1. year
   • final years of the 6th century B.C. or first years of the 5th, Thefario Velianas, Pyrgi Tablets, first plate, lines 9-10:

     𐌍𐌀𐌂·𐌂𐌉·𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌋·𐌙𐌖𐌓𐌅𐌀𐌓

     nac ci avil χurvar

     for the three years of government

2. age

References

• Massimo Pittau, “Gli Etruschi e Cartagine: i documenti epigrafici”, L’Africa romana: atti dell’XI convegno di studio; Dipartimento di Storia dell’Università degli Studi di Sassari; (December 1994)