inou
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Attestation: | VB·3.2 (inou:ea) (1) |
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Status: | probable |
Language: | prob. Celtic |
Word Type: | prob. proper noun |
Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. |
Stem Class: | on |
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Morphemic Analysis: | in-ū (?) |
Phonemic Analysis: | /in(n)ū/ (?) |
Meaning: | 'Inu' (?) |
Commentary
The short sequence is most likely an on-stem personal name in the nominative or an abbreviation; the former may be indicated by lutou in the same object. A hypocoristic in(n)ū can be formed from any name with preverb in-. ⟨ou⟩ appears to denote long /ū/ or a local allophone with a more open pronunciation, or diphthongisation of -/ū/ to -/ou̯/; an orthographic compromise between the vernacular ending -ū and the Latinised ending -ō may also be possible. Cf., beside lutou, uerkou (uel sim.), anatikou and prikou.
See also Rhŷs 1913: 62, no. 20 (a), Birkhan 2005: 225.
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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