u̯imp-
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| Type: | lexical |
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| Meaning: | 'pretty' |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | /u̯imp/- |
| Attestation: | kuimpalui, uipios |
Commentary
A base uimp- is attested in Continental Celtic personal names such as CIL XIII 4707 uimpi (Vittel), III 4251 uimpiae, XIII 4616 uimpate, XIII 3294 uimpurila, possibly RIIG BDR-13-02 (RIG G-107) ουιμ̣[πι]λλα (see Delamarre 2007: 199 f., Meid 2005: 248 f., Stüber 2005: 80 f.). It can be connected with the lexeme uimpi, an epithet of women on spindle whorls, and further with W gwymp < *u̯impos, f. gwemp < *u̯impā 'pretty'. The etymology is unclear. See Lejeune 1976: 96–104, DLG: 320.
Bibliography
| CIL | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements) |
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| 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. |
