rio
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| Attestation: | TI·16 (rio) (1) | ||
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| Status: | uncertain | ||
| Language: | perhaps Celtic | ||
| Word Type: | prob. proper noun | ||
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable | ||
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| Morphemic Analysis: | rii̯-o- or rīg-o- (?) | ||
| Phonemic Analysis: | /rii̯o/ (?) | ||
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) | ||
Commentary
See the inscription pages on the uncertain reading.
The form may be an abbreviated personal name with first element rio-. The latter is identified with rīgo- by Rhŷs 1913: 30 (no. 10), who compares Ir. rígbard/rígbardan, but see the morpheme page on the possibility of an alternative etymology rii̯o- 'free'. Cf. riop.
