pei

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Attestation: MI·25 (p̣ei) (1)
Status: uncertain
Language: perhaps Celtic
Word Type: prob. proper noun
Semantic Field: prob. personal name
Grammatical Categories: indeterminable

Morphemic Analysis: unknown
Phonemic Analysis: unknown
Meaning: abbreviation (?)

Commentary

See the inscription page on the uncertain reading.

If correct, the sequence is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name in bei̯°, though no Gaulish comparanda suggest themselves; see The Cisalpine Celtic Languages on *ei̯ > ē. Cf. pei(.

Corinna Salomon