)ni
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Attestation: | TI·36.3 (]ni:metalui[) (1) |
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Language: | Celtic |
Word Type: | proper noun |
Semantic Field: | personal name |
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Grammatical Categories: | dat. sg. masc. |
Stem Class: | on |
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Morphemic Analysis: | ]-(o)ni |
Phonemic Analysis: | ]/ni/ |
Meaning: | 'for °u' |
Commentary
Based on its context, the fragmentary form can be identified as an on-stem personal name in the dative, formed with the original locative ending -oni used syncretistically for the dative. (See Motta 2000: 201, Eska & Wallace 2001: 235 f.)
Bibliography
Eska & Wallace 2001 | Joseph F. Eska, Rex E. Wallace, "A syncretism in fieri in early Celtic", Indogermanische Forschungen 106 (2001), 229–240. |
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