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Type:	derivational
Function:	unknown
Language:	prob. Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	-/en/- or -/ēn/-
Attestation:	raneni, sekenei

Commentary

Derivational suffix found sporadically in Gaulish personal names (e.g. calenus, epenos, toutenos, uandenos, uesuenus) and theonyms (e.g. belenos, borienus, buxenus, uarneno) (see Delamarre 2007), of unclear function and etymology – the amphikinetic n-suffix was generalised to -on- in Gaulish (Stüber 1998: 91), and hysterokinetic en-stems are rare (ibid. 196–175). In some cases possibly a variant of -īno/ā- (cf. Meid 2005: 306 f. vibenus). Holder AcS I: 1440 distinguishes between -eno- in personal names and -ēno- in ethnonyms.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AcS	Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907.
Delamarre 2007	Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.