enu
From Lexicon Leponticum
Attestation: | VB·3.5 (enu) (1) |
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Language: | Celtic |
Word Type: | proper noun |
Semantic Field: | personal name |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. |
Stem Class: | on |
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Morphemic Analysis: | en-ū (?) |
Phonemic Analysis: | /en(n)ū/ (?) |
Meaning: | 'Enu' (?) |
Commentary
The short sequence is most likely an on-stem personal name in the nominative or an abbreviation. A hypocoristic en(n)ū can be formed from various names in en- or end-; see Delamarre 2007: 95 f.
See also Rhŷs 1914: 26, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 145, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 164, Morandi 2004: 552, Birkhan 2005: 224.
Bibliography
Birkhan 2005 | Helmut Birkhan, "UINOM NAŚOM", in: Franziska Beutler, Wolfgang Hameter (Eds.), "Eine ganz normale Inschrift" ... Vnd ähnLiches zVm GebVrtstag von Ekkehard Weber. Festschrift zum 30. April 2005 [= Althistorisch-Epigraphische Studien 5], Wien: Eigenverlag der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Archäologie 2005, 223-228. |
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Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |