πŒšπŒ€πŒ‹πŒ€πŒƒπŒ–πŒŒ

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Etruscan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Latin palatum (β€œpalate”). Note this word is not attested in Etruscan script, only as an obscure Latinized Etruscan word falandum or faladum that Festus glosses as Latin coelum (β€œsky”) (see De verborum significatione, 78, 23 "falae dictae ab altitudine a fala(n)do, quod apud Etruscos caelum significat"; "falae (β€œsiege towers”) are so called because of their extension to the falandum (β€œfala(n)dum”), which means "sky" among the Etruscans"). The ending -o is surely due to the Latin context, so the Etruscan word is likely simply πŒšπŒ€πŒ‹πŒ€πŒˆ (falaΞΈ) or something similar, as this forms the basis for the presumed derivatives πŒšπŒ€πŒ‹πŒ€πŒˆπŒ“πŒ„πŒ” (falaΞΈres), etc., which are attested in Etruscan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πŒšπŒ€πŒ‹πŒ€πŒƒπŒ–πŒŒ β€’ (faladuminan

  1. sky
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References

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  • Pittau, Massimo (2018) Dizionario della lingua etrusca [Dictionary Of The Etruscan Language] (in Italian), Ipazia Books, page 165