-uk-
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Type: | derivational |
|---|---|
| Function: | hypocoristic (?) |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | -/uk/- |
| From PIE: | *-u-k(o)- |
| From Proto-Celtic: | *-uk- |
| Attestation: | )otukios, minuku |
Commentary
Adjectival k-suffix, indicating appurtenance; -uk- through recutting (cf. -ik- and -āk-). See Russell 1990: 8–12 for the IE evidence, and p. 84 f. on W -ug. The suffix variant with /u/ is the best attested in Continental Celtic personal names (Stüber 2005: 72), e.g. RIIG VAU-05-03 (RIG G-119) μισσο|υκος, L-55 senaucos, L-82c bitukos, L-98 ulatucia, banuca, biatuccus, bollucus, botuca, camulatucus, catucus, ciruca, genucius, lastuca, matuco, momucus, nitiouca, rituca, samucus, senucus, satucus, smertuccus, suaducia, sunucus, tatuca, tituco, uerucus, uiducus, uisucius. The vowel length cannot be determined, but occasional spelling with ⟨cc⟩ in Latin inscriptions indicates short u.
