Etruscan

Noun

𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀 • ‎(rasna)

1. people

Usage notes

• The word functioned as the Etruscan people's autonym. For this reason some references gloss it as "Etruscan", "Etruscans" (collectively) or "Etruria", but inscriptions like meχlum rasneas clevsinsl speak against such a gloss (it makes sense as "Meχlum of the people of Chiusi", not as "Meχlum of the Etruria of Chiusi").

Descendants

• Latin: Rasennae
  • English: Rasenna

References

• Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan World
• G. Bonfante, L. Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction (revised edition), 2002, page 217
• Paleoglot's Etruscan-English dictionary (notes on rasna)