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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Raetic individual name with patronymic suffix. Documented with metathesis (avoidance of nasal cluster), cp. the four testimonies with cluster; correct {{w||esimnu}}. Cp. {{w||Essimnus}}/{{w||Essibnus}} in Latin inscriptions ({{bib|Schmeja 1996}}: 20 f., {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: 300).
Raetic individual name with patronymic suffix. The base is most probably {{w||esimnesi|esimne}} with metathesis (avoidance of nasal cluster, correct {{w||esimnu}}) and haplology (''-ne-nu'' > ''-(n)nu'', cp. {{w||esiunne}} and {{w||piθamnu|piθam(n)u}}). See {{w||esimnesi}} for the etymology.
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 21 February 2017

Word
Language: Raetic
Word type: proper noun

Case: nominative
Number: singular

Morphemic analysis: esim(n)-nu
Meaning: 'son/daughter of Esimne'

Paradigm: esimnesi (pertinentive, singular, masculine), esminu (nominative, singular) (2)
Attestation: SZ-87 (]esminupitisθauχkaạna) (1)

Commentary

Raetic individual name with patronymic suffix. The base is most probably esimne with metathesis (avoidance of nasal cluster, correct esimnu) and haplology (-ne-nu > -(n)nu, cp. esiunne and piθam(n)u). See esimnesi for the etymology.