by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999
-v-, -ve perfective suffix [az 17 Jun 99; pa]
from Italic? [az 17 Jun 99; pa]
vacal, vacil, vacl "libation" [g/lb83 56, pa, dep]
"offering?" [mcv 8 Nov 96, mp68: 409]
"augur" [az96]
vaxr "sacred acts, offerings, libations?" (plural) [mp68]
see Sanskrit ohati "to announce" [dep]
see Avestan aog "to say" [dep]
see Latin voveo "to dedicate" [dep]
see Greek eukhomai "to vow" [dep]
see Indo-European *wegwh, *egwh [dep]
vacerra "post, log" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
vaci "to weight, evaluate" [az96]
vahruni, vahru > varuni, vari "(which) agitates, moves, changes" [az96]
vainias "to waver" [az96]
vainie "wavering" [az96]
vaisera, veizna, veiza "wavering, lame" [az96]
< *wakw-, *wekw- "to move, oscillate" [az96]
vacilia "prophecy" [az96]
vale "to be strong, worthy" [az96]
see Latin valere "to be strong, worthy" [az96]
vanth "demoness or fury associated with Xarun" [am91, g/lb83, EM]
"Parca" [az96]
"one who turns" > "spin" [az96]
see Greek wánax [am91]
vanva "empty, groundless, vane" [az96]
see Latin vanus "empty, groundless, vane" [az96]
vapeisnisa "wavering" [az96]
var, varna "crooked, different, blemish, spotted skin, fur" [az96]
vari "changing, marked, spotted, stained" [az96]
see Latin varius "changing, marked, spotted, stained" [az96]
see Latin varus "crooked, different" [az96]
varati family name [g/lb83 22]
Varro Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
varxti "penitent, anguishing" [az96]
vas "drinking vessel?" [az96]
see Latin vâs "utensil" [az96]
vatiexe "pledged" [az96]
"dedicated" [lb 299]
"have been dedicated" [mcv 8 Nov 96]
vatimi "pledge" [az96]
see Latin vadimônium "security, pledge" [az96]
vatlu, vatluna, vetalu, vetluna "Vetulo, Vetulonia (town)" [g/lb83, az96]
< "ford, ferry crossing, ferryman" [az96]
see Latin vadum "shallow ford" [az96]
see Latin Vetulônia [g/lb83]
vaxa "grown, augmented" [az96]
vaxstls "augmentor (god)" [az96]
vaxr "mutually" [az96]
vecene "conquering?" [az96]
see Latin vicere "to conquer" [az96]
vecu "alternate manner" [az96]
< *wekw-/*wakw- [az96]
vecu, vecui, vecunia nymph [g/lb83]
goddess of lightning [az96]
see Latin Vegoia nymph who taught Tarchun how to interpret lightning [az96: 418]
vecuvia "(which) moves, shakes, shiones, changes" [az96]
Vedi Latinized name [az96: 25]
vei, vea domestic god [az96]
veiane "villager" [az96]
< *weikia [az96]
see Latin vîcus "village, street" [az96]
veic "Vulci (town)" [djh 14]
Veii, Veia, Veio "Veia (town named after family)" [djh 14, lrp 57]
see Latin Veiî [djh 14, lrp 57]
veiove, veive god of revenge [EM, gzb]
veis "vicissitudine, result?" [az96]
veitha "careful, fair" < "vacillating" [az96]
veitha, veive "wavering, alternate manner" [az96]
vel male name [g/lb83, mc91: 52, mp68: 229, gm97, pa]
corresponds to Latin Quintus [gm97]
corresponding to Latin Caius [gzb, pa]
velus, veluis, veluSa, velusla male name, genitive form [mc91: 60]
velusi male name, dative form [mc91: 59/134]
vel, velni, velie derivative forms [lrp 57]
Velenius, Vellenius, Velianus Latinized form [lrp 57]
mons velius Roman hill [lrp 57]
velianas, veliiunas family name [g/lb83 53]
vela female name [mc91: 52]
velna family name [mp68: 229]
velathri "round, turning" [az96]
velethia, veletha, velithana, velisina "express, rotation, roundness" [az96]
see Latin volvendus "turning" [az96]
velathri, velauri "Volterra (town)" [az96, djh 14, g/lb83, pa]
see Latin Volaterrae [az96, djh 14, g/lb83]
velelia female name [g/lb85 30]
veles, velitis Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48. mp68: 369]
velimna family name, masculine [mc91: 121, gm97]
"caner, thrasher, fuller, presser" [az96]
velimnei family name, feminine [mc91: 52]
velu "cudgel, cylindrical rod" [az96]
velvae "caner, thrasher, one who has a cudgel" [az96]
velscu, velsi "roll, cudgel, round cane" > "dumb, stupid" [az96]
see Latin name Velina [lrp 57]
see Latin Volumnius [g/lb83 57]
velna, velnthe "wounder" [az96]
velsina "Bolsena (town)" [djh 14]
velsna "Volsinii (town)" [g/lb83 27]
maybe modern Orvieto [g/lb83 27]
Orvieto < Latin urbs vetus [g/lb83 27]
velsnathi "to Volsinii" [mc91]
veltha, veltune chthonian changing god, later supreme god; patron of Volsini and Etruscan federation [mp68: 243, EM]
veltha "bravery, power, validity" [az96]
velthane "Velthana" family (Delphi Inscription) [dep]
velthine cilth "chief at the top" [az96]
velthinei "chief" < "dominant" [az96]
velthite "valid, powerful" [az96]
velthre "efficient, valid"
veltune "Valens, Princeps" (deity) [az96]
velthie male name [mc91]
velthina, velthiena family name [mc91: 119, mp68: 265]
velthinasthuraS "member of Velthina family" [mp68: 265]
velthur male name [g/lb83 16, mc91]
"valid, robust" [az96]
velthurna, velthuriae family name [g/lb83 81, mc91]
(plural) "valid, robust" [az96: 25]
veltruta "firm, healed, cured" [az96]
see Latinized Voltumna [mp68: 243, EM]
see Latin valens [az96]
see Latin Vertumnus [mp68: 243, EM]
velusina "movement?" [az96]
velx "Mars" [az96]
velx, velcal, velcl "Vulci (town)" [g/lb83]
velclthi "of Vulci" [mc91: 143]
velxa family name [lrp 57, mc91]
velxan "Vulcan" [mp68: 159]
velxana family name [mc91: 72]
velxe male name [lrp 57, mc91]
"warrior" [az96]
velxite "from Vulci" [mc91: 143]
*velxitne, *velcitna, *velitna, velicitna "March" [az96, pa, dep]
< *velx-, *velc- < *wLkw "to lacerate, tear from, wolf, war" [az96]
see Rhaetic Velxanu [rab 42, 95]
see Latin velcitanus, velistanus [az96, g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin Vulcî [g/lb83]
see Latin Volcânus [rab 42, 95]
see pre-Hellenic Cretan Gelxános Welxános, Wélxanos "Zeus" [rab 42, 95]
velzna, velsna "from Velzna-" [az96]
velznax "of Bolsena" [az96]
see Latin Volsinii [az96]
venai female name, deity? [mc91: 112]
venalia, venai "Consuetudo (goddess of customs, society)" [az96]
venala family name [g/lb83 83]
venel male name [mc91: 116, pa]
venete "of the race, lineage" [az96]
vente, venzni, venzi "green, blue" [az96]
see Latin venetus "green, blue" [az96]
venzile "servile, client" [az96]
root of vanth [az96]
vercna "keeping busy?" [az96]
see Latin exercens "keeping busy" [az96]
verpe, verpru "braid, crown" [az96]
vers-, verse "fire" [g/lb83 59, mcv 8 Nov 96, pa, dep]
derivative versie [mp68]
glossed in Latin as versum [g/lb83 59, mcv 8 Nov 96]
verSena, vertun "Vertumnus (god of changing seasons)" [az96]
vertun, vertn "type of drinking vessel" [mp68, pa, dep]
"mixing vessel" [am91]
veru "a spit" [az96]
veru "cover" [az96]
< *wer- "to guard" [az96]
vescu "biting" [az96]
vesi "bite, sample, taste" [az96]
< *ghwes- [az96]
see Latin vescens "to feed on" [az96]
vespu "punching, hitting, pungent" [az96]
< *hwes-p- [az96]
see Latin vespa "wasp" [rmcc]
vestirkina, veStirikina family name (fem.) [g/lb83 110, mc91: 112]
vestrace, vestiricima, vestrcma "stimulus, puncture" [az96]
vesuna "Verona (deity)" [mp68: 159]
"Bona dea" [az96]
vete family name [g/lb83 83]
"seeing, informed" [az96]
vetu, vetus male name [mc91: 95]
"(who) sees, knows, recognizes" [az96]
vez- < *vest- < *khwedh-t- [az 29 Mar 99]
see Latin Vettius, Vetius [mp68: 371, G. Colonna cit. PA?]
vethie, vethi, veze, vethsara, vethu, vethur, vethura, vezra, vezthrnei "acute, svelte, exact" [az96]
vetis deity of fate or underworld; pars hostilis/pars postica [mp68: 251]
"acute" [az96]
< *hwerth [az96]
vhelqu "fortune, chance?" [az96]
vikare "Icarus" [az96]
"floating?" [az96]
vilae, vile "(which) braids, weaves, links, binds" [az96]
vile "weave, viscera" [az96]
< *vil-, *il- [az96]
vilata "prisoner" [az96]
vilia, vilinei "villager" [az96]
see Latin villa "country house" [az96]
vinai, vineia "(which) moves" [az96]
vinum, vinm "wine" [az96, mcv, g/lb83. mp68, pa, dep, gm97, gzb]
see Latin vinum "wine" [az96, mcv, g/lb83. mp68, pa, dep, gm97, gzb]
vipa "to shake, hurl" [az96]
vipi, vipie male name [mc91: 45, mp68: 233]
"(which) moves" [az96]
vepia feminine name [az96]
"vibrant" [az96]
vepu masculine name [az96]
vipina, vipine, vipinas, vipiena, vipienna family name [mc91: 45]
"(which) moves" [az96]
see avle vipinas, caile vipinas "Aulus Vibenna, Caelius Vibenna" Etruscan heroes connected to Mastarna (Servius Tullius) [g/lb83, lrp 57]
< *vekw- [az96]
see Roman name Vibenna [g/lb83, lrp 57]
see Latin Vibius [mc91: 45, mp68: 233]
see Latin vibrare "to shake" [az96]
vipli "weaver" [az96]
vipsul, vipSl "Fiesole (town)" [djh 14, mc91: 146]
virêre, "to be green" Latin verb [cw 73]
of Etruscan origin?
visce "linked, bound, braided, linker" [az96]
viSl "residence" [az96]
< vitsl [az96]
vlesi, vlesia, vuisinei name [mc91: 46]
Voltinia tribe name of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
vrane "angle" [az96]
< *wrengh [az96]
vuisi- "sharp" [az96]
vulca Etruscan sculptor [g/lb83]
vuvcnic "(who) proclaims the vow, desire, invocation?" [az96]
vuvze "vow, augured" [az96]
vuvzie "invoking" [az96]
see Latin vôtus "promise, vow" [az96]
see Latin voveo "to promise, vow" [az96]
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