𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓

Etruscan

Etymology

Pittau (2018) claims a connection with Latin terra, tellūs (“earth”), Tellūs (“Earth Mother”), Tellūrus (“male deity”) and tellūster (“belonging to the earth, terrestrial”).

Pronunciation

• (8–5th BCE Southern Archaic): IPA^(key): [t̪ul̪ɑr̪]
• (8th–5th BCE Northern Archaic): IPA^(key): [tular]
• (5th BCE–1st AD Recent): IPA^(key): [to̥lar]

Noun

𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 • (tular) inan

1. earth
2. land, ground, country
3. boundary cippus

Descendants

• →? Latin: terra
• →? Latin: Tellūs

Further reading

• Pittau, Massimo (2018) Dizionario della lingua etrusca [Dictionary Of The Etruscan Language] (in Italian), Ipazia Books, page 446