koimila

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Attestation: VB·26 (tunal/koimila) (1)
Language: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: nom. sg.
Stem Class: ā

Morphemic Analysis: koi̯m-il(l)
Phonemic Analysis: /koi̯mil(l)ā/
Meaning: 'Koimila'

Commentary

ā-stem personal name derived with hypocoristic -il(l)- from the base koi̯m- 'dear'; Rhŷs 1913: 53 compares Ir. cóimell (f), coemell (m) in the Book of Leinster. See also Ferrero 1897: 58, Danielsson 1909: 29, Lejeune 1971: 63, n. 204, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 152, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 170, Morandi 2004: 567.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Danielsson 1909 Olof August Danielsson, Zu den venetischen und lepontischen Inschriften [= Skrifter utgivna av Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala 13.1], Uppsala – Leipzig: 1909.
Ferrero 1897 Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60.