# Etruscan is a survivor of a pre-Indo-European language of Italy, spoken there before Indo-European languages arrived…

> Still possible: Etruscan is a survivor of a pre-Indo-European language of Italy, spoken there before Indo-European languages arrived, and the Lemnians…

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# Etruscan is a survivor of a pre-Indo-European language of Italy, spoken there before Indo-European languages arrived…

Etruscan is a survivor of a pre-Indo-European language of Italy, spoken there before Indo-European languages arrived, and the Lemnians were Etruscan-speakers who moved east.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Ancient DNA from Lemnos around 550 BC will show an Italian component.
- Tyrsenian place names or loanwords will be found in Italy in contexts older than 1000 BC.

## What would rule it out

- Lemnian proves to preserve older forms than Etruscan in a way only a separate branch could.
- Early Etruscan genomes show substantial recent eastern ancestry.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The Iron Age Etruscan population was genetically local, sharing ancestry with Latin-speaking neighbours.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/evidence/EVD0DEEC9KCC6MW/the-iron-age-etruscan-population-was-genetically-local)

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[The same genomes carry steppe-related ancestry, the population signal usually linked to the spread of Indo-European…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/evidence/EVD0DEEC9ZADAMJ/the-same-genomes-carry-steppe-related-ancestry-the)

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## The questions it answers

[Where did the Etruscan language come from: Anatolia, the Aegean or Italy itself?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYM533WF5/where-did-the-etruscan-language-come-from-anatolia-the)

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