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{{word
|type_word=proper noun
|stem_class=?
|gender=masc.
|language=Cisalpine Gaulish
|analysis_morphemic={{m|eχs-}}{{m|king-}}{{m|-ū|ū}} or {{m|eχs-}}{{m|king-}}{{m|-os|o(s)}}
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|e}}{{p|s}}{{p|k}}{{p|i}}{{p|n}}{{p|g}}{{p|ō}}/ or /{{p|e}}{{p|s}}{{p|k}}{{p|i}}{{p|n}}{{p|g}}{{p|o}}/
|meaning='Eskingo'
|field_semantic=personal name
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
Most probably a masculine name in the singular. The prefix {{m||eχs-}} 'out (of)' (dissimilated ''es''- before the following guttural; cf. {{bib|Raybould & Sims-Williams 2009}}: 154) and the verb {{m||king-}} 'step, stride' form a probably lexical verbal compound *''esking''- 'step out, attack' → 'foot-soldier, warrior', attested in Gaulish personal names, e.g., ''excingus'', ''excingius''; see {{bib|KGP}}: 212; {{bib|GPN}}: 177, 202 f., {{bib|DLG}}: 169, {{bib|Stüber 2005}}: 95 f., {{bib|Meid 2005}}: 174, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 99 f., {{bib|Stüber et al. 2009}}: 269. If the form is complete, two interpretations are possible ({{bib|Marchesini & Stifter 2018}}: 147):<br>
1. It may be analysed as an ''ū''-stem ''eskingū'', derived with an individualising suffix, with either ''ū'' > ''ō'' or a Latinised ending ''o'', with a comparandum in Gaul. {{w||excingo}} ({{bib|Raybould & Sims-Williams 2009}}: 154).<br>
2. Also possible is an ''o''-stem {{w||eskikos}} with loss of final -''s'', cf. Gaul. {{w||excingus}} ({{bib|Raybould & Sims-Williams 2009}}: 154f.).<br>
Alternatively, ''eskiko'' could be an abbreviation of the complex composite {{w||eskikorikos}}, which is attested at the same necropolis. {{w||es}}, also at the same find place, may be an abbreviation of the name / either of the names.

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