Tyrsenian (other)
Tyrsenian can refer to: *Tyrsenians *Tyrsenian languages See also

* * Etruscan (other) aka Tyrsenian * Etrurian (other) aka Tyrsenian * Tyrrhenian (other) aka Tyrsenian {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Tyrsenians
Tyrrhenians ( Attic Greek: ''Turrhēnoi'') or Tyrsenians ( Ionic: ''Tursēnoi''; Doric: ''Tursānoi'') was the name used by the ancient Greeks authors to refer, in a generic sense, to non-Greek people. While ancient sources have been interpreted in a variety of ways, one theory identifies the Tyrsenians with the Etruscans, and therefore with the Rhaetian and Lemnian cultures, whose languages have been grouped together as the Tyrsenian languages, based on strong similarities in their written languages. Earliest references The names are believed to be exonyms, only known to have been used by authors of Ancient Greek, though their origin is uncertain and apparently not Greek. They have been connected to τύρσις (''túrsis''), also a "Mediterranean" loan into Greek, meaning "tower". Direct connections with '' Tuscī'', the Latin exonym for the Etruscans, from *''Turs-ci'', have also been attempted. The French linguist Françoise Bader has alternatively hypothesized ...
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