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|analysis_morphemic=naχs{{m|-(i)i̯-|-i̯}}{{m|-om (n.)|-om}} or naχs{{m|-(i)i̯-|-i̯}}{{m|-om}} (?)
|analysis_morphemic=naχs{{m|-(i)i̯-|-i̯}}{{m|-om (n.)|-om}} or naχs{{m|-(i)i̯-|-i̯}}{{m|-om}} (?)
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|n}}{{p|a}}?{{p|o}}{{p|m}}/
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|n}}{{p|a}}/{{p|ā}}?{{p|o}}{{p|m}}/
|meaning='Naxian' (?)
|meaning=unknown
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See the inscription page on the unlikely reading.
See the inscription page on the unlikely reading.


The analysis of ''naśom'' as Celtic adjective 'Naxian', formed from the Greek toponym ''naxos'', determining {{w||uinom}} 'wine' (see there on the question of neuter [nom./acc.] vs. masculine [acc.]) goes back to {{bib|Lattes 1896}}: 103 f., who compared {{w||saśadis}} at Voltino for san = /{{p||χ}}{{p||s}}/. As noted by {{bib|Kretschmer 1905}}: 100, ''naχsom'' lacks the suffix {{m||-(i)i̯-}}; {{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 75 compared {{w||aśouni}} and assumed that san could represent a palatalised sound < /{{p||ss}}{{p||i̯}}/, in this case < /{{p||χ}}{{p||s}}{{p||i̯}}/ (but see [[Ś]]). This, however, requires the suffix form to be unsyllabic /{{p||i̯}}/ ''naksi̯om'' rather than /{{p||i}}{{p||i̯}}/ as expected in the short word form.
The analysis of ''naśom'' as a Celtic adjective 'Naxian', formed from the Greek toponym ''naxos'', determining {{w||uinom}} 'wine' (see there on the question of neuter [nom./acc.] vs. masculine [acc.]) goes back to {{bib|Lattes 1896}}: 103 f., who compared {{w||saśadis}} at Voltino for san = /{{p||χ}}{{p||s}}/. As noted by {{bib|Kretschmer 1905}}: 100, ''naχsom'' lacks the suffix {{m||-(i)i̯-}}, which was subsequently accounted for by {{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 75: Lejeune compared {{w||aśouni}} and assumed that san could represent a palatalised sound < /{{p||ss}}{{p||i̯}}/, in this case < /{{p||χ}}{{p||s}}{{p||i̯}}/ (but see [[Ś]]). This palatalisation, however, requires the suffix form to be unsyllabic /{{p||i̯}}/ ''naχsi̯om'' rather than /{{p||i}}{{p||i̯}}/ as expected in the short word form. In {{bib|Lejeune 1987|1987}}: 501, Lejeune alternatively proposed (in essence) a derivation from PIE *''h₂ed''- 'dry' with privative suffix *''n̥-h₂d-tom'' > *''nātsom'' 'never running dry'. Similarly, but without reference to Lejeune's second theory, {{bib|Birkhan 2005}}: 225–227 also preferred a tau gallicum sound underlying san, and reconstructed *''nHd-tom'' 'bound, wound' (from the root *''neHd''- 'to bind, tie' as in OIr. ''nascaid'', MBret. ''nasca'' 'id.', see {{bib|KP}}: 489). Both the latter solutions are formally feasible (cf. on Birkhan {{bib|Stifter 2011b}}: 175 f., n. 22).
 
{{bib|Birkhan 2005}}: 225–227 alternatively proposes an etymology with san for tau gallicum *''nHd-tom'' or *''nHd-som'' 'bound, wound' (from the root *''neHd''- 'to bind, tie' as in OIr. ''nascaid'', MBret. ''nasca'' 'id.', see {{bib|KP}}: 489), which is formally unassailable (cf. {{bib|Stifter 2011b}}: 175 f., n. 22), but see further on the inscription page.
<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 21:33, 7 October 2024


Attestation: VB·3.1 (latumarui:sapsutai:pe:uinom:natom) (1)
Status: unlikely
Language: perhaps Greek
adapted to: Celtic
Word Type: adjective

Grammatical Categories: nom., acc. masc., neut.
Stem Class: o

Morphemic Analysis: naχs-i̯-om or naχs-i̯-om (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /na/ā?om/
Meaning: unknown

Commentary

See the inscription page on the unlikely reading.

The analysis of naśom as a Celtic adjective 'Naxian', formed from the Greek toponym naxos, determining uinom 'wine' (see there on the question of neuter [nom./acc.] vs. masculine [acc.]) goes back to Lattes 1896: 103 f., who compared saśadis at Voltino for san = /χs/. As noted by Kretschmer 1905: 100, naχsom lacks the suffix -(i)i̯-, which was subsequently accounted for by Lejeune 1971: 75: Lejeune compared aśouni and assumed that san could represent a palatalised sound < /ss/, in this case < /χs/ (but see Ś). This palatalisation, however, requires the suffix form to be unsyllabic // naχsi̯om rather than /i/ as expected in the short word form. In 1987: 501, Lejeune alternatively proposed (in essence) a derivation from PIE *h₂ed- 'dry' with privative suffix *n̥-h₂d-tom > *nātsom 'never running dry'. Similarly, but without reference to Lejeune's second theory, Birkhan 2005: 225–227 also preferred a tau gallicum sound underlying san, and reconstructed *nHd-tom 'bound, wound' (from the root *neHd- 'to bind, tie' as in OIr. nascaid, MBret. nasca 'id.', see KP: 489). Both the latter solutions are formally feasible (cf. on Birkhan Stifter 2011b: 175 f., n. 22).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Birkhan 2005 Helmut Birkhan, "UINOM NAŚOM", in: Franziska Beutler, Wolfgang Hameter (Eds.), "Eine ganz normale Inschrift" ... Vnd ähnLiches zVm GebVrtstag von Ekkehard Weber. Festschrift zum 30. April 2005 [= Althistorisch-Epigraphische Studien 5], Wien: Eigenverlag der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Archäologie 2005, 223-228.