Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Avareae

Name (citation form)Auarea*
SourceIII 6518, ILLPRON 741
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Wolfsberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityWolfsberg
District, regionWolfsberg
Population groupEurasian Avars?
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageLatin or Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameethnonym as IN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*auo- 'descendant' or *auaro- 'Avarian' ?
NPC 212, DLG2: 60
Second element
Suffixarea
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig?
Other
Relations
General notes
Other attestationsAvaro NOR 1 (CIL III 4966).
Secondary literatureAlNor