leucuro
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| Attestation: | VB·21 (leucuro/moconis/f) (1) |
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| Language: | Celtic |
| adapted to: | Latin |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | leu̯k-ur-ō |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /leu̯kurō/ (?) |
| Meaning: | 'Leucuro' |
Commentary
Morphologically Latin on-stem personal name in the nominative. The name is most probably etymologically Celtic, containing the base leu̯ko- 'bright'. It finds a comparandum in the first element of the compound leukururitu (NO·28). The two elements share an apparent r-suffix (adjectival -ro-?), whose function is unclear, as is the motivation of /u/ rather than /o/ between base and putative suffix.
