A chairde, You may remember that Indiana Jones recommended V. Gordon Childe's THE DAWN OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION while lying on the floor of Sterling Library's main reading room under a motorcycle.  As far as I know, that work's outline of European prehistory is still the accepted standard. According to Childe and others, the Veneti who gave their name to Venice were not Celts but one of the 4 major branches of the Unetician culture, named after an archaeological type-site in what was until recently Czechoslovakia.  If I remember correctly, this Venetic culture and language ceased to exist by about the 2nd century A.D. due to Latinization. Why, then, did the Veneti who gave their name to Venice bear the same name as the Veneti of the Armorican Peninsula?  Maybe coincidence.  Maybe application by the Romans of a name they already knew, like English-speakers using "Dudley Forbes" for Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh and the ridiculous name of "Dingle" for Daingean Uí Chúis / The Fortress of the Ó Cúis Family. Go raibh sé seo cabhrach.  /  Hope this is helpful. Le gach dea-ghuí / Best, Jerry 

A chairde, This may help. Just came across it. http://www.ancientscripts.com/venetic.html Le gach dea-ghuí / Best, Jerry