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==Commentary==
==Commentary==
A Celtic base (?) ''seuu̯''- (or ''seu̯u''-?) is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. ''seuu̯ā'' (SEVVAE gen.) in Geneva, twice ''seuu̯ō'' (SEVVO, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in {{bib|AcS}} II: 1530), and SEVVANTI[ at Trèves ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element {{m||seg-|sego-}} and second element in ''''-; ''seuu̯ā'' and ''seuu̯ō'' (← Celtic ''seuu̯ū'') could be hypocoristics of such compounds with weakened /g/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), which, if inherited, should have become /o/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (''sēuu̯''-). Morphologically, the form appears to be a Latin genitive of a Latinised name ''seuu̯ō''.
Latinised Celtic ''on''-stem personal name *{{m|seuu̯-|seuu̯}}{{m||-ū}} → ''seuu̯ō'' in the genitive (cf. {{bib|Salomon 2023}}: 28). A Celtic element ''seuu̯''- (or ''seu̯u''-?), always spelled with double upsilon, is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. ''seuu̯ā'' ({{tr|lat|seuuae}} gen.) in Geneva, twice ''seuu̯ō'' ({{tr|lat|seuuo}}, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in {{bib|AcS}} II: 1530), and {{tr|lat|seuuanti[}} at Trèves ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element {{m||seg-|sego-}} and second element ''u̯anti''- '?'; ''seuu̯ā'', ''seuu̯ū'' etc. could be hypocoristics of such compounds with any second element in ''u̯''-, lenited /{{p||g}}/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), since inherited /eu̯/ should have become /ou̯/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (''sēuu̯''-).  
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
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Revision as of 22:57, 23 January 2024

Attestation: MI·15 (seuuonis) (1)
Language: Celtic
adapted to: Latin
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: gen. sg.
Stem Class: on

Morphemic Analysis: seuu̯-ōnis
Phonemic Analysis: /seuōnis/ (?)
Meaning: 'of Seuuo'

Commentary

Latinised Celtic on-stem personal name *seuu̯seuu̯ō in the genitive (cf. Salomon 2023: 28). A Celtic element seuu̯- (or seu̯u-?), always spelled with double upsilon, is attested in a few Gaulish personal names, viz. seuu̯ā (seuuae gen.) in Geneva, twice seuu̯ō (seuuo, potter's name at Lezoux and at Strasbourg; more in AcS II: 1530), and seuuanti[ at Trèves (Delamarre 2007: 167 f.). For the latter, Delamarre suggests an etymology with first element sego- and second element u̯anti- '?'; seuu̯ā, seuu̯ū etc. could be hypocoristics of such compounds with any second element in -, lenited /g/ and assimilated stem vowel. This can explain /e/ before /u̯/ (or /u/), since inherited /eu̯/ should have become /ou̯/; alternatively, the root vowel may be long (sēuu̯-).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AcS Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907.
Delamarre 2007 Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.