valθikinu
From Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Word type: | proper noun |
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| Case: | nominative |
| Number: | singular |
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| Morphemic analysis: | valθiki-nu |
| Meaning: | 'son of Valθiki*' |
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| Attestation: | MA-17 (klevieval·θikinuasua) (1) |
Commentary
Patronym in -nu, attested only once. According to Untermann’s sensible analysis Untermann 1961: 92 f., it is unlikely that this is derived as a whole from Venetic voltiχenei (Es 1) / vo·l·tiχ//[n]o·s· (Es 8) – only the first elements volti- ~ valθi- correspond. Schumacher 1998: 96 identifies -ki- with the k-suffixes prevalent in the individual names in Roman inscriptions of the area of Breschia (Untermann 1961 I: 103 f.). For the suffix cp. φutiχinu, ]θiχinu (MA-20), as well as maybe velχanu, visteχanu. For the first element cp. valθe?nu.
