esminu

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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. Documented with metathesis (avoidance of nasal cluster), cp. the four testimonies with cluster; correct esimnu. Cp. Essimnus/Essibnus in Latin inscriptions (Schmeja 1996: 20 f., Schumacher 2004: 300).