lūt-

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Type:	lexical
Meaning:	'power of movement, vigour' (?)
Language:	Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	/lūt/-
Attestation:	koplutus, luto, lutou, lutu

Commentary

The u-stem lūtu- in Gaulish personal names such as CIL XIII 7553 lutumarus, V 3358 lutonia (Verona), AE 1955, 611 lutullae (Como) (see Delamarre 2007: 121, 225) is usually connected with OIr. lúth 'power of movement, vigour' as in the PN lúthmhár, which corresponds exactly to the Gaulish lutumaros lit. 'great in strength/vigour'. The translation as 'passion, anger' uel. sim (e.g. KGP: 233 f., DLG: 212, Matasović 2009: 250) stems from an assumed connection with MW llid 'rage', which may not belong here (see lāt-); a further connection with Slavic forms like OCS ljutъ 'angry' (IEW: 691) is thus also doubtful (see GPN: 218, Zair 2012: 116).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AE	Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–.
CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)
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.