Arretium

This is something that I'm interested in too after my recent investigation of the name Arretium, which I've begun to believe is in origin a Germanic name not Etruscan as often claimed without concrete proof despite attested Aritim-i "in Arretium".

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This is something that I'm interested in too after my recent investigation of the name Arretium, which I've begun to believe is in origin a Germanic name not Etruscan as often claimed without concrete proof despite attested Aritim-i "in Arretium".

Never judge a book by its nom de plume 2008

Back to Pallottino's claim, if Aritim can thereby be kosherly translated as the cityname Arretium as some scholars have already previously published4, then how does Pallottino get from Aritim to German Erz?

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The origin of the cityname Arretium still bugs me 2008

Back to Pallottino's claim, if Aritim can thereby be kosherly translated as the cityname Arretium as some scholars have already previously published4, then how does Pallottino get from Aritim to German Erz?

Arretium versus German Erz and how this affects (or doesn't affect) Etruscan Aritimi 2008

Even so, if Aritim really meant 'Arretium', it surely is borrowed from Latin Arrētium, and has nothing at all to do with the Germanic terms for 'ore' because the second vowel, *-u- as in OHG aruzzi, is incongruous with the phonetic reality of both the Latin and Etruscan terms.

Arretium versus German Erz and how this affects (or doesn't affect) Etruscan Aritimi 2008

So I was thinking the other day, “What if 'Arretium' was originally a Germanic name?”

The origin of the cityname Arretium still bugs me 2008

Even so, if Aritim really meant 'Arretium', it surely is borrowed from Latin Arrētium, and has nothing at all to do with the Germanic terms for 'ore' because the second vowel, *-u- as in OHG aruzzi, is incongruous with the phonetic reality of both the Latin and Etruscan terms.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

I've currently come to the conclusion that we have two different words with similar sounds: Aritim 'Arretium' a Roman city and Artume 'Artemis', the latter being obviously borrowed from the Greek name Artemis.

Arretium versus German Erz and how this affects (or doesn't affect) Etruscan Aritimi 2008

Conversely, nothing stops me from applying the value of 'Arretium' here.

Arretium versus German Erz and how this affects (or doesn't affect) Etruscan Aritimi 2008