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{{word
{{word
|citation_form=sapsuta*
|type_word=proper noun
|type_word=proper noun
|stem_class=ā
|stem_class=ā
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|case=dat.
|case=dat.
|gender=fem.
|gender=fem.
|language=Lepontic
|language=unknown
|analysis_morphemic={{m|sapsut-}}{{m|-āi̯|āi̯}} <span style="color:red;">Attention, needs to be checked!</span>
|language_adaptation=Celtic
|analysis_phonemic={{p|s}}{{p|a}}{{p|p}}{{p|s}}{{p|u}}{{p|t}}{{p|āi̯|ā<sup>i̯</sup>}}
|analysis_morphemic=sapsut{{m|-āi̯}}
|meaning="to Sapsuta"
|analysis_phonemic=/??????{{p|āi̯}}/
|meaning='to/for Sapsuta'
|field_semantic=personal name
|field_semantic=personal name
|checklevel=3
|checklevel=0
|problem=analysis
}}
}}
==Commentary==
==Commentary==
1) ''*sap-so-uto-'' or ''*sab-so-uto-'' 2) ''*saps-uto-'', in this case the root would not be Celtic because of ''*ps'' > ''ks'' as in ''uxamo-'', ''uxello-'' ({{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 51, 64 fn. 219, 70 fn. 239, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 160; for phonetic matters cp. {{bib|Eska 1998c}}: 71-72); cf. ''Sapsa'' ({{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 188)
''ā''-stem personal name in the dative. While the ending is clearly Celtic, and the suffix may be, the base is not etymologically Celtic. A fully Celtic etymology is attempted by {{bib|Rhŷs 1913}}: 65 f., who notes that a suffix -''ūto''- is listed by Holder {{bib|AcS}} III: 56 and compares the base with Gaul. *''sap''- 'fir/pine' reconstructed from Latin and Romance loanwords ('little pine'). /{{p||s}}/ between base and suffix, however, poses a problem, both in terms of the formation and because */{{p||p}}{{p||s}}/ > /{{p||k}}{{p||s}}/ in Celtic. While ''saps''- thus cannot be Celtic, ''sab-s''- could be in principle, but is no more convincing; a base ''sab''- is more common in the Ligurian than the Celtic area (see {{w||sabi}}) and may indicate the origin of a non-Celtic base 'sabs''-.
 
See also {{bib|Lattes 1896}}: 105.
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Revision as of 19:06, 13 September 2024


Attestation: VB·3.1 (latumarui:sapsutai:pe:uinom:natom) (1)
Language: unknown
adapted to: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: dat. sg. fem.
Stem Class: ā

Morphemic Analysis: sapsut-āi̯
Phonemic Analysis: /??????āi̯/
Meaning: 'to/for Sapsuta'

Commentary

ā-stem personal name in the dative. While the ending is clearly Celtic, and the suffix may be, the base is not etymologically Celtic. A fully Celtic etymology is attempted by Rhŷs 1913: 65 f., who notes that a suffix -ūto- is listed by Holder AcS III: 56 and compares the base with Gaul. *sap- 'fir/pine' reconstructed from Latin and Romance loanwords ('little pine'). /s/ between base and suffix, however, poses a problem, both in terms of the formation and because */ps/ > /ks/ in Celtic. While saps- thus cannot be Celtic, sab-s- could be in principle, but is no more convincing; a base sab- is more common in the Ligurian than the Celtic area (see sabi) and may indicate the origin of a non-Celtic base 'sabs-.

See also Lattes 1896: 105.

Bibliography

AcS Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907.
CIL Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)
Eska 1998c Josef Francis Eska, "PIE *p (doesn't become) Ø in proto Celtic", Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 58 (1998), 63-80.