)uisou
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Attestation: | TI·38 (]uisou:sọ?[) (1) |
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Language: | perhaps Celtic |
Word Type: | prob. noun |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. animate |
Stem Class: | on |
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Morphemic Analysis: | ]uis-ū Attention, needs to be checked! |
Phonemic Analysis: | ]uisū Attention, needs to be checked! |
Meaning: | undeterminable |
Commentary
The sequence -ou is perhaps a spelling for the Celt. ending -ū of the nom. sg. of the on-stems. Either, this originally monophthongic ending developed really into the diphthong /-ou̯/, or the spelling is an orthographic compromise between the vernacular ending -ū and the Latinised ending -ō. Cp. the legend coppou beside coppo on Noric coins.