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Latinised Celtic ''on''-stem personal name *{{m|seuu̯-|seuu̯}}{{m||-ū}} → ''seuu̯ō'' in the genitive (cf. {{bib|Salomon 2023}}: 28). A Celtic element ''seuu̯''- (or ''seu̯u''-?), always spelled with double upsilon, is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. ''seuu̯ā'' ({{tr|lat|seuuae}} gen.) in Geneva, twice ''seuu̯ō'' ({{tr|lat|seuuo}}, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in {{bib|AcS}} II: 1530), and {{tr|lat|seuuanti[}} at Trèves ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element {{m||seg-|sego-}} and second element ''u̯anti''- '?'; ''seuu̯ā'', ''seuu̯ū'' etc. could be hypocoristics of such compounds with any second element in ''u̯''-, lenited /{{p||g}}/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), since inherited /eu̯/ should have become /ou̯/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (''sēuu̯''-). | Latinised Celtic ''on''-stem personal name *{{m||seuu̯-|seuu̯}}{{m||-ū}} → ''seuu̯ō'' in the genitive (cf. {{bib|Salomon 2023}}: 28). A Celtic element ''seuu̯''- (or ''seu̯u''-?), always spelled with double upsilon, is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. ''seuu̯ā'' ({{tr|lat|seuuae}} gen.) in Geneva, twice ''seuu̯ō'' ({{tr|lat|seuuo}}, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in {{bib|AcS}} II: 1530), and {{tr|lat|seuuanti[}} at Trèves ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element {{m||seg-|sego-}} and second element ''u̯anti''- '?'; ''seuu̯ā'', ''seuu̯ū'' etc. could be hypocoristics of such compounds with any second element in ''u̯''-, lenited /{{p||g}}/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), since inherited /eu̯/ should have become /ou̯/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (''sēuu̯''-). | ||
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p> | <p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:57, 23 January 2024
| Attestation: | MI·15 (seuuonis) (1) |
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| Language: | Celtic |
| adapted to: | Latin |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | gen. sg. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | seuu̯-ōnis |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /seuu̯ōnis/ (?) |
| Meaning: | 'of Seuuo' |
Commentary
Latinised Celtic on-stem personal name *seuu̯-ū → seuu̯ō in the genitive (cf. Salomon 2023: 28). A Celtic element seuu̯- (or seu̯u-?), always spelled with double upsilon, is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. seuu̯ā (seuuae gen.) in Geneva, twice seuu̯ō (seuuo, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in AcS II: 1530), and seuuanti[ at Trèves (Delamarre 2007: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element sego- and second element u̯anti- '?'; seuu̯ā, seuu̯ū etc. could be hypocoristics of such compounds with any second element in u̯-, lenited /g/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), since inherited /eu̯/ should have become /ou̯/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (sēuu̯-).
Bibliography
| AcS | Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907. |
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| Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |
