𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀

Unknown. Compare, however, Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root, race”) from *wréh₂ds (“root”), in this case potentially suffixed with a descendent of *-nós. It is possible that this "race" word applies to the people in general, while "Etruscans" applies to the aristocracy, possibly meaning "people who live in towers"; see turris for a discussion of the connection. Etruscan does not appear to be an Indo-European language though; see Etruscan language for more.

𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀 • (rasna)[1]

1. people

• The word functioned as the Etruscan people's autonym. For this reason some references gloss it as "Etruscan", "Etruscans" (collectively) or "Etruria", but inscriptions like meχlum rasneas clevsinsl speak against such a gloss (it makes sense as "Meχlum of the people of Chiusi", not as "Meχlum of the Etruria of Chiusi").

• Latin: Rasennae
  • English: Rasenna

• Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan World
• Paleoglot's Etruscan-English dictionary (notes on rasna)