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.