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Attestation: CO·5 (tṛ?[) (1)
Language: perhaps Celtic
Word Type: prob. proper noun

Grammatical Categories: indeterminable

Morphemic Analysis: unknown
Phonemic Analysis: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Commentary

The fragmentary sequence cannot be analysed grammatically or etymologically, but a personal name is likely. Personal names in tr- and dr- are common in Gaulish; in the Cisalpine Celtic corpus cf. trutiknos and maybe triu. See also Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 203, Morandi 2004: 625.

Corinna Salomon

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