Etruscan Glossary H

Compilation and translations from French, Italian and Latin
by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999



habere "to have" Latin [bc 199]
habia
"to have" Umbrian [bc 199]
of Etruscan origin?

hafure, afure, hapre, hapuri family name [az96, mc91: 128]
"lucky" > "propitious" [az96]
hapre male name [az96: 22, mc91: 128]
haprni, haprn-, hapirn- family name corresponding to Latin Laberius[az96, mc91: 128]
"lucky" > "propitious" [az96]
< *hap/*haph "lucky, propitious" [az96: 22]
see Latin faber "smith, carpenter, artesan" [mc91: 128]

halna "something that leans, hangs" [az96]
< *hal-/*hel- [az96]

haltu "lame" [az96]
see English halt "lame" [rmcc]

halu, hal "stone, marker?" [az96]

haltuva, haltva "(object of ) favor" < "inclination" [az96]

halx "to vacillate, be uncertain" [az96]
halxza "uncertainty" [az96]

hama "part of the family, household" [az96]

hamphe "askew, sinister, left, left-handed, unlucky" [az96]
hamphete "left, left-handed" [az96]
hamphethi "disgrace, unfortunately" [az96]
hamthina name "left, left-handed, askew" [az96]
hamthisca "unlucky tendency" [az96]

hamphe- "May" [pa, dep]
see ampile [dep]

hamphiare, amphare "Amphiaraos" [g/lb85: 152, 161]

hanipalus "Hannibal (male name)" [mc91: 142]

hanthe, hante "before" [mcv, pa, dep]
"(which) blocks, impedes" [az96]
hanthin "in front of" [gg 4 Mar 99]
hauthin "in front of" [g/lb83 87]
< *Hant- [mcv 9-2-99]
see Latin ante "before" [pa, dep]
see Greek anti "against, in front of" [dep]
see Armenian and "in front of" [dep]
see Lithuanian ant "in front of" [dep]
see Hittite hanti "in front of" [dep]

hamthin "to grasp" > "to comprehend" [az96]

hanu "occupant" [az96]

hare, hare "weight" [az96]

harth "strong, hard" [az96]

haruspic "priest" [cb]

hasti, hastia, fasti, fastia female name [g/lb85: 103, mc91: 97]
"acute, fine" [az96]
hastntru, fastntru "pointed" [az96]

hasutis "having overturned?" [az96]
hausti "overturned" [az96]

hate, hathe "hateful, hostile" [az96]
hatu, hatrunia (fem.) "hateful, hateful, angry, sullen" [az96]
hatrencu "sad" [az96]
see English hate [az96]

haun, *heun "to be dull, blunt" [az96]
see Latin hebêre "to be dull, blunt" [az96]

havasianna, havrenie, havrna "(one who) hears, perceives" [az96]
< *hauZ- [az96]

havrnas, havrenias, harenies personal name? [mc91; az96: 25]

haxixu "enclosure?" [az96]

heasun, hiasunu "Jason" [az96]
"intemperate" < "greedy" [az96]

hec-, hex-, hec-i, hec-ia, hec-e, hec-ce, hec-z-ri, hex-z, hex-Sth "put, place, add" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
hecz-ri "placement" [mp68: 405];
"to take care of, manage. settle" [az96]
hecce, hece, heci, heki, hecece "to cure, cured (past)" [az96]
"bottom" [am91]
hecia "cured, helped" [az96]
hecta "disposition?" [az96]
hexz, hexsth, hexSth, hexth "put, add" [mp68: 399, gzb]
"cure, cure yourself (imperative)" [az96]

hefina "taken" > "perception" [az96]

heimni > hemni "one who (si) wraps, covers" > "clothes" [az96]

heiri, heirina, herina "rocky, rugged" [az96]

heitva "stop, establishment, lodging?" [az96]

hel "until, to the greatest extent" [az96]

hele "sad, angry, sullen" [az96]
helu "to get sad, mad" [az96]
helucu "sad, mournful" [az96]
helusnei "(one who) gets sad" [az96]

helenaia "(which) bends, lowers" [az96]
helene "one who descends upon, lowers oneself" [az96]
hels "to fold, recline?" [az96]
helSc "reclined" [az96]
helzunia "(which) folds" [az96]

helS "(one's) own" [g/lb85: 161]

hemsince "taken, prisoner" [az96]
< *heph < *gheph [az96]

hen "to leave, let, permit?" [az96]

hepa "Magliano (town)" [g/lb83]
see Greek Heba [g/lb83]

hepeni, hepni "(one who) finds, gets, gathers" [az96]
heph "to gather, grab, get" [az96]

heplenta "Hippolyta" [az96]
"slow, unperceiving" [az96]

heracana, herecana personal name [g/lb 85: 27]

heramaSva, heramsva, heramue, heramve "statue" [lb 199, mc91: 73, mcv 8 Nov 96]
"proclaimed by an oracle, profatus est" [az96]
herm- "to lead, conduct" [am91]
herama "oracle" [az96]
herma, herme "Hermes; statue?" [g/lb83]
herme sacred society dedicated to Hermes [dep]
hermeri "Hermes; statue?" [g/lb83]
"to be led" [am91]
*hermi- "August" [g/lb83]
classical gloss Ermius [g/lb83]
hermu "Hermes; statue?" [g/lb83]
"having led" [am91]
see Latin herm- "statue of Hermes" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Greek Hermes [dep]

hercle, herxle, herecele "Hercules, He:raklê:s" [az96, g/lb83, mp68: 251]

herclite "one who saws (serra), chains?" [az96]

hercna "dragger" [az96]

hercnas family name [g/lb83 76, mc91: 144]

herma "place" [dep]

herma family name (cognomen) [g/lb83 73]
herma "painful" [az96]
herme "sad, painful" [az96]
hermu "unhappy, afflicted" [az96]

*hermi "August" [pa]

hersine-, hersu "bristling, horrid? [az96]

hescna "complaining" [az96]
hesni "imploration" [az96]
< *hves- [az96]
see Latin querulus "complaining" [az96]

hethari, hetari "acute, sublte, spirited, sparkling" [az96]
hethie, hethu "fine" > "elegant" [az96]
hetrn "to sharpen, provoke" [az96]
hetum "to stir up, persecute, pursue" [az96]
see hiziu [az96]

heun, hevn "to be weak, obtuse, blunt" [az96]
heva "obtuse, blunt" [az96]

hia "to reveal" < "to open" [az96]

hic "this" [bc 199]
of Etruscan origin?

hil, hilxva "colony (people)" [az96]

hilare "propitiation" [az96]
hilarthune, hilarthuna "making happy, (one who) propitiates, makes lucky" [az96]
see Greek hílasma [az96]

himiu "helmet" [az96]

hinth, hintha, hinthu, hinthie, hinthin, hinththin "below, beneath" [g/lb83: 80, mp68]
"infernal, pertaining to the Infers" [pa]
hinthial "ghost, image, soul, shade, apparition" [az96, cb, v, g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
hinthin "from below" [g/lb83 87]
hinthiu "underground, infernal" [g/lb83 80]
see Latin inferus "below" [dep]
see Sanskrit adhas "under" [dep]
see Avestan ada "below, under" [dep]
see Gothic undar "below" [dep]
see Tocharian A anc "below" [dep]
see Indo-European *ndheri "below" [dep]

hintha, hanthin "acquired, seized by a vision" [az96]
hinthial "ghost, image, soul, shade, apparition" [az96, cb, v, g/lb83, mp68]
hinthiu "one who appears, seizes" [az96]
hinththin "to find, appear" [az96]
hinthu "one who seizes, comes to grasp, perceives, grabs?" [az96]
< *hinth-, *henth-, *hanth- "to grab, to find" [az96]

hirsunaie family name [g/lb83 84]

hirumie, herumie, heram "vate" [az96]

hirumina personal name [g/lb83 110]
see Latin Herminius [g/lb83 110]

hister, histriô "to act, actor" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48, mp68: 369, rah 59, pb 24-25, gm97, pa]

hisu "acute, fine" [az96]
hiuls "owl" [mp68, az96, pa]

hivu "(pars?) familiaris (divnination liver)" [az96]

horta goddess of agriculture [EM]

huatna "heavy, ponderous" [az96]
hure, hurtu "weight" [az96]
huria "seriousness, weight" [az96]
huriniia "gravity, oppression" [az96]
< *hur-/*har- < *ghwR "weight" [az96]

hucu "reflexive, prudent" [az96]

huevia "life" [mp cit az96: 410]

huini "lady" [az96]
huinthnaia "effeminate (muliebris)" [az96]
< *gwena [az96]

hulu "inclined, propitious" [az96]

hulxnie, hulcnie family name [g/lb83 88, mc91]

hupe- "lying, to lie, lay" [az96]
hupni, hufni "sepulchral environment or place" [mp68, pa]
"sleep" [am91]
hupni-S, hunine-thi "sepulchral environment or place" [mp68]
"sleep" < "situating, lying down" [az96]
hupnina "sepulchral environment or place" [mp68, pa]
"respository" [am91]
"bed, cot, place of rest" [az96]

hursi, hursic "horrid, acrid" [az96]

hus-, huS-, huz- "son, boy, young man, child" [am91, g/lb83, mc91, mp68. vs/amr 189, pa, dep, gzb]
husina, husl "young person" [pa, dep, gzb]
husiur, hus-ur, huSur, huz-ur "youth, children" [am91, g/lb83, mc91, vs/amr 189]
"orphans, wards, sons" [az96]
husl, husili, huslne, husl-S-tS, husine connected to "young" [mp68, pa, dep, gzb]
huzrnatre "youth, young people?" [mp68]
huzmatre "youth" [am91]
see Old English hys "young warrior"; very doubtful [dep]

husi male name [G. Colonna cit. PA]
corresponding to Latin Salvius [G. Colonna cit. PA]

husilitule "hostile (plural)" [az96]
see Latin hostiles "enemy, foreign" [az96]

hus-ilitune "victim" [az96: 16]

husina, huslna "brocca: 'plant shoot', also 'jug, pitcher" [az96]

huslne "to scatter" [az96]
huslnests "scattered" [az96]
husl "instill, inspire, scatter" [az96]

huSrna, huzrna, huSrnana "protector" [az96]
huteri 'to give custody" [az96]
hutie, huzlunia "custodian, protector (fem.)" [az96]
hutila "custodian, protector (fem.)" [az96]
hutni "secrecy, cover" [az96]
huts "cover, ark, sanctuary" [az96]
huzrna "ark, sanctuary, refuge, safe place" [az96]
huznethi "arks" [az96]
see Latin custodes "guardian" [az96]

hustile, hustle "(of) hazelnut, fruit stone" [az96]

huth "four" [ag 1978, mcv]
"four, six?" [pa]
"four?, six?" [mc91, mp68]
"six" [g/lb83, vs/amr 189]
huthith "four" [gm97]
huths one of the 4 Charun daemons [Beekes & van de Meer cit. mcv]
huthz "four times" [mc91]
huthzars "fourteen" [az96, mc91]
"sixteen" [mc91]
see huthte, huthzars, huteri [mp68]
see Kartvelian *otx- "four" [ag 1978]
see Indo-European *ok'tou-, ok'to- "eight" [ag 1978]
< *kut [mcv 8 Nov 96]
see Indo-European *kwetwor [mcv 8 Nov 96]
see Greek city Hyttenía (latter called Tetrápolis) [mcv 19 May 98]
< *khwet- [az96]

huvith "sense, perception" [az96]

hux "to consider, worry" [az96]



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