sol(l)-
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| Type: | lexical |
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| Meaning: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | /sol(l)/- |
| Attestation: | sola, solos |
Commentary
An element soli-, less often solu- or solo-, is well attested in Gaulish onomastics, as usually first element in compounds (e.g. CIL XII 2921 solimarus, XIII 3095 solirix, V 4748 solibodui [gen., Brescia]) and in monothematic or hypocoristic names (e.g. CIL V 7445 solicius, XIII 2928 solini [gen.]), see AcS II: 1599–1613, KGP 270 f., Delamarre 2007: 232 et passim. Schmidt KGP: 270 f. wants to connect soli- with *sūli- 'eye' (OIr. súil), noting pairs like solinus/sulinus, but /o/ in the root would be unmotivated (cf. DLG: 287). Also attested soll- (e.g. CIL XIII 2560 sollia, V 5830 sollonius [Milano; also in Brescia and Verona]) is connected with W holl 'all' (if from PIE *solh₂- 'all'; see oll-) by Delamarre 2007: 232.
Bibliography
| AcS | Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907. |
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| 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. |
