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{{morpheme
|type_morpheme=lexical
|meaning=unknown
|language=Celtic
|linguistic_ascription=perhaps
|analysis_phonemic=unknown
|checklevel=2
|problem=blau
}}
== Commentary ==
Onomastic element which is repeatedly attested in Cisalpine Celtic – five times in the name {{w||plios}}, gen. {{w||plioiso}}, and arguably once in a compound or derivation {{w||plialeθu}} – but whose etymology is unclear. No comparanda can be found in Continental Celtic onomastics for a base ''bli''- or ''pli''-, except {{bib|CIL}} V 5001 ''pliamnus'' (Riva del Garda, {{bib|AcS}} II: 1014); neither does the lexical material of Insular Celtic provide any feasible connections. In terms of derivation from PIE, {{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 59, n. 169 suggests a connection with *''bʰlei̯''- 'shine' (cf. {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1969b}}: 179, {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 167, {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1990b}}: 103 f., {{bib|Motta 2000}}: 209), which is unattested in Celtic ({{bib|IEW}}: 155 f.). This would point to anlauting /b/, but see {{w||plios}} on the putative connection with the Latin nomen ''plīnius''.
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