)ni

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Attestation: TI·36.3 (]ni:metalui[) (1)
Language: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: dat. sg. masc.
Stem Class: on

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.)

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Eska & Wallace 2001 Joseph F. Eska, Rex E. Wallace, "A syncretism in fieri in early Celtic", Indogermanische Forschungen 106 (2001), 229–240.