kuvei

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Attestation: Pa 1.2 (kuveipuleisnaimiiśivemiśe[ ]ḳṣ́[ ]ẹṇḳezilaθmiśalalatiamake) (1)
Language: perhaps Celtic
adapted to: Etruscan
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: nom. sg. fem.

Morphemic Analysis: kom-u̯-e-i
Phonemic Analysis:
Meaning: 'Kuvei'

Commentary

Etruscan feminine name in -i formed from (unattested) masculine *kuve. The latter is argued to be etymologically Celtic by De Simone 1992b: 11 f., who suggests a borrowing of kou̯os, a hypocoristic of kom-u̯ir-os.

Bibliography

De Simone 1992b Carlo De Simone, Le iscrizioni etrusche dei cippi di Rubiera [= Archaeologica Regiensia 6], Reggio Emilia: 1992.