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The ''u̯o''-adjective *''g<sup>u̯</sup>ih₃-u̯ó''- 'alive' > PC *''biu̯o''- > late Gaulish ''bio''-, OIr. ''béu'', ''béo'', MW ''byw'', MBret. ''beu'', OCorn. ''biu'' gl. ''uita'' ({{bib|Matasović 2009}} | The ''u̯o''-adjective *''g<sup>u̯</sup>ih₃-u̯ó''- 'alive' > PC *''biu̯o''- > late Gaulish ''bio''-, OIr. ''béu'', ''béo'', MW ''byw'', MBret. ''beu'', OCorn. ''biu'' gl. ''uita'' ({{bib|Matasović 2009}}: 67, {{bib|LEIA}}: B-37) is attested primarily in northern Italy, specifically the Brescia area: {{bib|CIL}} V 4136 {{tr|lat|biuuo}} (Calvisano), V 4487 {{tr|lat|biuoniae}} (dat., Brescia), V 4164 {{tr|lat|biueionis}} (gen., Leno), and in Transalpine Gaul the potter's name ''bio'' in La Graufesenque and {{bib|CIL}} VII 1336,154 {{tr|lat|biocno}} with elision of intervocalic /{{p||u̯}}/. S. {{bib|AcS}} I: 423, 442; {{bib|KGP}}: 148 f., {{bib|Stüber 2005}}: 101, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 213 et passim; {{bib|Evans 1972}}: 185 f. (Insular Celtic names). See {{bib|DLG}}: 77, {{bib|Stüber 2005}}: 88, {{bib|NIL}}: 185–188 with n. 13, {{bib|Zair 2012}}: 121 f. (on short /{{p||i}}/). The PIE root *''g<sup>u̯</sup>i̯eh₃''- 'live' is also continued in Celtic in the ''tu''-abstract {{m||bit-}} and in the present with ''u''-suffix PIE *''g<sup>u̯</sup>i̯éh₃''/''g<sup>u̯</sup>ih₃-u''- ({{bib|LIV²}}: 215), though attested only in the present participle *''biu̯o{{m||-nt-|nt}}''- 'living' < PIE *''g<sup>u̯</sup>ih₃-u̯-ont''- (not listed in LIV²). | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 4 February 2024
| Type: | lexical |
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| Meaning: | 'alive, vital' |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | /biu̯/- |
| From PIE: | *gu̯ih₃-u̯o- 'alive, vital' |
| From Proto-Celtic: | *biu̯- 'alive, vital' |
| Attestation: | piuo, piuonei, piuonta, piuos, piuot, piuotialui |
Commentary
The u̯o-adjective *gu̯ih₃-u̯ó- 'alive' > PC *biu̯o- > late Gaulish bio-, OIr. béu, béo, MW byw, MBret. beu, OCorn. biu gl. uita (Matasović 2009: 67, LEIA: B-37) is attested primarily in northern Italy, specifically the Brescia area: CIL V 4136 biuuo (Calvisano), V 4487 biuoniae (dat., Brescia), V 4164 biueionis (gen., Leno), and in Transalpine Gaul the potter's name bio in La Graufesenque and CIL VII 1336,154 biocno with elision of intervocalic /u̯/. S. AcS I: 423, 442; KGP: 148 f., Stüber 2005: 101, Delamarre 2007: 213 et passim; Evans 1972: 185 f. (Insular Celtic names). See DLG: 77, Stüber 2005: 88, NIL: 185–188 with n. 13, Zair 2012: 121 f. (on short /i/). The PIE root *gu̯i̯eh₃- 'live' is also continued in Celtic in the tu-abstract bit- and in the present with u-suffix PIE *gu̯i̯éh₃/gu̯ih₃-u- (LIV²: 215), though attested only in the present participle *biu̯ont- 'living' < PIE *gu̯ih₃-u̯-ont- (not listed in LIV²).
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. |
| Evans 1972 | D. Ellis Evans, "A comparison of the formation of some Continental and early Insular Celtic personal names", Études Celtiques 13/1 (1972), 171–193. |
