kopenatis

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Attestation:	BG·41.5 (ześu:poininos:kopenatis:tonoiso) (1)
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	nominal
Grammatical Categories:	nom. masc.
Stem Class:	i
Morphemic Analysis:	kopen-at-is
Phonemic Analysis:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown

Commentary

Possibly an adjective of appurtenence in -atis, forming locatival derivations in Gaulish ('belonging to X', 'from X'). The base is unclear; PC *gobann- 'smith' is unlikely morphologically, if -atis is used as in Transalpine Gaulish. If the form is an epithet of poininos, the etymology is semantically interesting. Motta in Casini et al. 2008: 97 interprets the form as an i-stem individual name and compares kop.

Bibliography

Casini et al. 2008	Stefania Casini, Angelo Fossati, Filippo Motta, "Incisioni protostoriche e iscrizioni leponzie su roccia alle sorgenti del Brembo (Val Camisana di Carona, Bergamo). Note preliminari", Notizie Archeologice Bergomensi 16 (2008), 75–101.