i̯ou̯ink-

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Type: lexical
Meaning: 'young'
Language: Celtic
Phonemic analysis: /oink/-
From PIE: *i̯ou̯enko- 'young'
Attestation: iouiku

Commentary

Lexically in OIr. óac, W ieuanc, OCorn. iouenk, Bret. yaouank, all 'young'; see LEIA: O-3, DLG: 191 f., Matasović 2009: X. Well attested as an onomastic element in Gaulish, e.g. iouincatus, iouincillus, iouincissius, also without ⟨u⟩ ioincus, ioincorix, ioincionius, see KGP: 227, Delamarre 2007: X.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Delamarre 2007 Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.
DLG Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise. Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, 2nd, revised edition, Paris: Errance 2003.