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==Commentary==
==Commentary==
Feminine patronym in {{m||-ikn-}}, formed from either an ''on''-stem ''nimū'' or an ''o''-stem ''nimon''(''ii̯'')''os'' (itself derived from ''nimū''). A base ''nim''- is only very sporadically attested in Gaulish ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 141 has one each of ''nimus'' and ''nimius''), so we may be dealing with a variant of ''nē̆m''- as in {{bib|AE}} 1999, 71 {{tr|lat|nemonius}}, {{bib|CIL}} XII 3450 {{tr|lat|nemonia}}. Since variation between short /{{p||e}}/ and /{{p||i}}/ would be irregular (but see {{bib|GPN}}: 392), this would indicate long /{{p||ī}}/ ~ /{{p||ē}}/; see {{m||nēm-}} and cf. {{m||dēu̯-}}.
Feminine patronym in {{m||-ikn-}}, formed from either an ''on''-stem ''nimū'' or an ''o''-stem ''nimon''(''ii̯'')''os'' (itself derived from ''nimū''). Names in ''nim''- are only very sporadically attested in Gaulish ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 141 has one each of ''nimus'' and ''nimius''); the best comparanda seem to be {{bib|AE}} 1999, 71 {{tr|lat|nemonius}}, {{bib|CIL}} XII 3450 {{tr|lat|nemonia}}. See {{m||nem-}} on the options for the analysis of these names; since variation between short /{{p||e}}/ and /{{p||i}}/ would be irregular (but see {{bib|GPN}}: 392), this comparison may support an etymology involving /{{p||ē}}/ (see {{m||dēu̯-}} on variation between /{{p||ī}}/ and /{{p||ē}}/).


See also {{bib|Motta 1995}}: 131 f., {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 584.
See also {{bib|Motta 1995}}: 131 f., {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 584.
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Revision as of 14:58, 5 November 2024

Attestation: NO·20 (]?ọ[/]ṭọ[]ịkṇọṣ/ṃatopokios/sola/nimoniknạ) (1)
Language: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: patronymic

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

Morphemic Analysis: nem-on(-(i)i̯)-ikn (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /nimoniknā/
Meaning: 'daughter of Nimu'

Commentary

Feminine patronym in -ikn-, formed from either an on-stem nimū or an o-stem nimon(ii̯)os (itself derived from nimū). Names in nim- are only very sporadically attested in Gaulish (Delamarre 2007: 141 has one each of nimus and nimius); the best comparanda seem to be AE 1999, 71 nemonius, CIL XII 3450 nemonia. See nem- on the options for the analysis of these names; since variation between short /e/ and /i/ would be irregular (but see GPN: 392), this comparison may support an etymology involving /ē/ (see dēu̯- on variation between /ī/ and /ē/).

See also Motta 1995: 131 f., Morandi 2004: 584.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AE Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–.
CIL Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)
Delamarre 2007 Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.