07-25-2006, 03:18 PM
Yes, the Etruscans had bases/settlements in Corsica that were attacked by the Greeks (Siracusa) on occasion.
In Tuscany it is said that surnames relating to the land e.g. Montelatici (milk mountains) indicate an Etruscan heritage. This may or not be true. There has been so much interbreeding in Tuscany that it is difficult to say who has an "Etruscan" look. But, if you go deep into Tuscan countryside in relatively isolated valleys, I suspect that the people may have retained a bit of the Etruscan. It is also said that the Tuscan language as spoken by Tuscans which replaces the hard "c" sound into an aspirated "h" (Pisa/Livorno/Siena/Grosseto) or a inflected "h" (Florence, Arezzo, Prato) is a trace of the Etruscan language.
In Tuscany it is said that surnames relating to the land e.g. Montelatici (milk mountains) indicate an Etruscan heritage. This may or not be true. There has been so much interbreeding in Tuscany that it is difficult to say who has an "Etruscan" look. But, if you go deep into Tuscan countryside in relatively isolated valleys, I suspect that the people may have retained a bit of the Etruscan. It is also said that the Tuscan language as spoken by Tuscans which replaces the hard "c" sound into an aspirated "h" (Pisa/Livorno/Siena/Grosseto) or a inflected "h" (Florence, Arezzo, Prato) is a trace of the Etruscan language.
