Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Autoscuttae |
| Name (citation form) | Autoscutta* |
| Source | III 5426, ILLPRON 1169 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Enzelsdorf |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Mellach |
| District, region | Graz-Umgebung |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 100 AD |
| Source of date | CIL, Weber |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | bahuvrihi compound |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *auto- 'wish' NPC 229 (outu- > utu-) |
| Second element | *scuto- 'point, blade, edge' NPC 231 |
| Suffix | a Kajanto 105 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comb |
| Other | |
| Relations | (M) Pameta, (F) Cirpo, (GFm) Deuso, (GFf) Senus, (Br) Priscus |
| General notes | Delamarre claims au > ou, *outo- 'fear, horror', cf. OIr. úath 'horror'; more probable is that the first element is Gaul. *auito- 'wish' with syncope of the second syllable auito- > auto-°; second compound member: cf. OIr. scoth 'point, blade, edge' |
| Other attestations | Autoscuttus NOR 2 (RISt 262, CIL III 5408), Auscoutus PAN 1 (CIL III 15152), Ausco NOR 1 (CIL III 5265). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 25f., NPC 35, 229 (outu- > utu-), 231, AlNor |