tupi

If you are suggesting "tupi" was a generic Etruscan word for "rock", there has to be a reason why it was then restricted to a particular porous volcanic rock.

The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009

Daniel: "If you are suggesting 'tupi' was a generic Etruscan word for 'rock', there has to be a reason why it was then restricted to a particular porous volcanic rock."

The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009

Much shared Etrusco-Latin vocabulary shows Latin "o" in place of Etruscan "u", such as Latin tōfus/Etr tupi.

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The diffusion of the Italian terms for 'wine' from Etruscan 2009

At this point it should be known that Etruscan tupi is attested in the Tarquinian Tomb of Orcus TLE 89 in the phrase Tupi Sispeś next to an image of a man carrying a boulder.

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Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud 2009

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Searching for an etymology for Germanic *handuz 'hand' 2009

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