-ebos

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Type:	inflectional
Meaning:	dat. pl. (cons. stem)
Language:	Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	-/ebos/
From PIE:	(*-bʰos)
From Proto-Celtic:	*-ibos
Attestation:	ariuonepos

Commentary

The dative plural ending of consonant stems (PIE *-bʰos) acquired a vowel through different paths. In r-stems, -r̥-bos > -ri-bos through regular sound change, with /i/ in unstressed position subsequently lowered to /e/. This is attested in Gaulish RIIG MOR-01-01 (RIG L-15) atrebo 'to the Fathers', GAR-10-01 (RIG G-207), BDR-12-02 (RIG G-64) ματρεϐο 'to the Mothers' (all with lost final -/s/). In the Lepontic n-stem ariuonepos, /e/ may have been transferred from the r-stems (Stüber 1998: 19) as well as from the i-stems (Lejeune 1971: 103 f.). On Celtiberian CIL II 2848 matrubos see Jordán Cólera in RIIG GAR-10-01.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)