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The name ''etzeá'''s etymology is heavily debated, though one theory is that it developed agglutinatively by the combination of one word and a case marker: Proto-Yeldhic ''*eðu'', "land" and ablative case marker ''*-ē'', or in other words, ''*eðʷē'', "away from the mainland".

===Formation===

The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[tuːzoɡjaːud]]]) by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi was settled later, around 1600 UH.

The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[tuːzoɡjaːud]]]) by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi(Etzeá: ''Gyét Ogoñi'') was settled later, around 1600 UH.

===Arrival of the Néekh===

Around 880 UH, the Taskaric [[Néekh]] people first arrived by boat on the eastern side of the Tûzogyâud Range(Néekh: ''tzêgoz Tîkhgudd'' [[Help:IPA|[tɪxɡud̪]]]), rapidly settling much of the Tûznam Basin. According to Etzeá legend, the first contact between the two peoples occurred in 700 UH, when the king of the Gótyaz(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[ɡɔcaz]]]) people decided to follow the Sunyr(Etzeá and Néekh: ''sunîr'') river to its source, crossing the treacherous Tûzogyâud for the first time in doing so. Soon after finally reaching flatter land on the other side of the mountains, he saw pastures of a "strange crop" across the landscape,<ref>Most historians now agree that the crop was probably corn, which in Radael is endemic to Birnu, specifically in the plains of Izhkutrëa, and was probably brought to Etzeán by the Néekh. Archaeological evidence supports this hypothesis.</ref> indicating the existence of a "strange people" that would be able to cultivate this crop.<ref>This is also the origin of the Etzeá idiom ''gebac ssbûr, gebac tago'' [[Help:IPA|[ɡebaʃ sʲbuːɾ ɡebaʃ tago]]] "strange people, strange crop", equivalent to "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" in a more general sense, such as for groups of people.</ref><ref>Archaeologically speaking, this legend, or rather the date it is supposed to have occurred is probably false. First, there is evidence of Etzeic settlement on the other side of the Tûzogyâud as early as 900 UH, a full two centuries before the legend supposedly happened, making intercultural contact much less likely to have begun so late.</ref>

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 The name ''etzeá'''s etymology is heavily debated, though one theory is that it developed agglutinatively by the combination of one word and a case marker: Proto-Yeldhic ''*eðu'', "land" and ablative case marker ''*-ē'', or in other words, ''*eðʷē'', "away from the mainland".
 ===Formation===
-The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[tuːzoɡjaːud]]]) by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi was settled later, around 1600 UH.
+The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[tuːzoɡjaːud]]]) by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi(Etzeá: ''Gyét Ogoñi'') was settled later, around 1600 UH.
 ===Arrival of the Néekh===
 Around 880 UH, the Taskaric [[Néekh]] people first arrived by boat on the eastern side of the Tûzogyâud Range(Néekh: ''tzêgoz Tîkhgudd'' [[Help:IPA|[tɪxɡud̪]]]), rapidly settling much of the Tûznam Basin. According to Etzeá legend, the first contact between the two peoples occurred in 700 UH, when the king of the Gótyaz(Etzeá: [[Help:IPA|[ɡɔcaz]]]) people decided to follow the Sunyr(Etzeá and Néekh: ''sunîr'') river to its source, crossing the treacherous Tûzogyâud for the first time in doing so. Soon after finally reaching flatter land on the other side of the mountains, he saw pastures of a "strange crop" across the landscape,<ref>Most historians now agree that the crop was probably corn, which in Radael is endemic to Birnu, specifically in the plains of Izhkutrëa, and was probably brought to Etzeán by the Néekh. Archaeological evidence supports this hypothesis.</ref> indicating the existence of a "strange people" that would be able to cultivate this crop.<ref>This is also the origin of the Etzeá idiom ''gebac ssbûr, gebac tago'' [[Help:IPA|[ɡebaʃ sʲbuːɾ ɡebaʃ tago]]] "strange people, strange crop", equivalent to "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" in a more general sense, such as for groups of people.</ref><ref>Archaeologically speaking, this legend, or rather the date it is supposed to have occurred is probably false. First, there is evidence of Etzeic settlement on the other side of the Tûzogyâud as early as 900 UH, a full two centuries before the legend supposedly happened, making intercultural contact much less likely to have begun so late.</ref>