Talk:littera

Etymology

What is the source of this etymology: "Via Etruscan from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra)..."? Also, what is the equivalent on Wiktionary of Wikipedia's {{citation needed}}? --Macrakis (talk) 16:32, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

There isn't one? The one Etruscan dictionary I could find lists "litterae "writing" Latin via Etruscan [g/lb 83 60]". Does that mean Etruscan > Latin > Etruscan? The glossary's sources page is broken.

A new essay proposes the Etruscan plural -er onto lit- for linen but what about the -a?

I skip Etruscan in mine: 𒋗 shu "hand" × 𒁳 dab "take" > 𒁾 dub "tablet" > 𒁾 qhtuppu "writ" > 𒁾 tipi "writ" > 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 dipi "writ" > > διφθέρα dipptteraa "taw" > leitera "stave" > litera "stave" > littera "stave". leitera scripta.Lysdexia (talk) 14:08, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

The complete glossary has no definition either but g&lb83 seem to resolve to Guiliano and Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language. The full cite doesn't prove anything. Lysdexia (talk) 14:49, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

"two theories": not theòry unless proven/observed. Lysdexia (talk) 20:58, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

• Wiktionary says otherwise: theory 6. 'A hypothesis or conjecture' (BTW, I didn't check the talk page before editing the article, my interest coincided with yours by a pure chance). However, I'm OK with current version. Ain92 (talk) 17:57, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

διφθέρᾱ

I would say the initian change D -> L in διφθέρᾱ is the same as dingua -> lingua. I am a Green Bee (talk) 15:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC)