viku
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| Attestation: | Cl 3.2 (minevikumuluevnekearp̣aśkamaia) (1) |
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| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Word Type: | noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | u̯ik-ū |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /u̯ikū/ |
| Meaning: | 'Viku' |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the classification of the name as Celtic by Morandi 2004: 573, n. 33.
If so, the form is an on-stem personal name formed from the base u̯ik- 'fight'; cf. viχu.
