ulkos
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Attestation: | NM·14 (ulkos) (1) |
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| Language: | Lepontic |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Case: | nom. |
| Number: | sg. |
| Gender: | masc. |
| Stem Class: | o |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | ulk-o-s or u̯lk-o-s Attention, needs to be checked! |
| Phonemic Analysis: | ulkos or u̯lkos Attention, needs to be checked! |
| Meaning: | "Wolf"? |
Commentary
if to be read u̯lkos (with vocalic l) < wlko- < wlkwo- meaning "wolf" (Lejeune 1971: 130, fn. 455). cf. Ulcagnos, Ulcasius, Ulcudius etc. (Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 162). See also McCone Ériu 36, McCone 1996: 44
Bibliography
| Lejeune 1971 | Michel Lejeune, Lepontica, Paris: Société d'Édition "Les Belles Lettres" 1971. (reprint of the article "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine", Études Celtiques 12/2, 1970-1, pp. 357-500) |
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| McCone 1996 | Kim McCone, Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: St. Patrick’s College, The Dept. of Old Irish 1996. |
| Tibiletti Bruno 1978 | Maria Grazia Tibiletti Bruno, "Ligure Leponzio e Gallico", in: Aldo Luigi Prosdocimi (Ed.), Lingue e dialetti dell'Italia antica [= Popoli e civiltà dell'Italia antica 6/1], Roma: Biblioteca di Storia Patria 1978, 131-208. |
