Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Autoscutto Montissi f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Autoscuttus*
SourceILLPRON 1433
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Triebendorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityTriebendorf
District, regionMurau
Population group
Date1. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationbahuvrihi compound
Prefix
First element*auto- 'wish'
NPC 229 (outu- > utu-)
Second element*scuto- 'point, blade, edge'
NPC 231
Suffix
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComb
Other
Relations(F) Montissus, (W) Septima, (FiL) Ressimarus
General notesDelamarre 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 attestationsNOR 1 (RISt 262), Autoscutta NOR 1 (CIL III 5426), Auscoutus PAN 1 (CIL III 15152), Ausco NOR 1 (CIL III 5265).
Secondary literatureLochner 25f., NPC 35, 229 (outu- > utu-), 231, AlNor