kia

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Attestation: VB·6 (kia) (1)
Language: prob. Celtic
Word Type: prob. proper noun
Semantic Field: prob. personal name
Grammatical Categories: indeterminable

Morphemic Analysis: gi̯a(m)- (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /ga/° (?)
Meaning: abbreviation (?)

Commentary

The short sequence is most probably an abbreviation of a personal name, conceivably of a name with base/first element gi̯am- 'winter'.

Corinna Salomon