# A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin…

> A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin in Lydia.

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# A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin…

A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin in Lydia.

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## What it means

Key question[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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Answer this evidence bears on[The Etruscans and their language came from western Anatolia or the north-east Aegean, as Herodotus's Lydian story…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/answers/ANS0DEEBA222F8E/the-etruscans-and-their-language-came-from-western-anatolia)

Supports1 for, 2 against

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## Sources 3

[Histories, Book 1, chapter 94](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNHRHK2Q0/histories-book-1-chapter-94)

Herodotus 1920

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[Neues zur Sprache der Stele von Lemnos (Erster Teil)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPCQA88RA/neues-zur-sprache-der-stele-von-lemnos-erster-teil)

Eichner 2012

SRC

[The Origin of the Etruscans](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNHDXPJJA/the-origin-of-the-etruscans)

Beekes 2003

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin… [Evidence EVD0DEEC898HGJG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEC898HGJG
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