[[history]] --- "Peri-Indo-European" is Giacomo Devoto's Term for hybrid ([[indo-european]] + [[peri-indo-european]]) languages, peoples, and cultures. It was produced when traditions alien to the Indo-European were progressively altered by contact with the Indo-European. ## Etruscans Devoto proposed and repeatedly supported the definition of the [Etruscan language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan-language "Etruscan language") as Peri-Indo-European.