Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Baga[u]cuni Baus[e]i[o]nis f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Bagaucu*
SourceILLPRON 1256
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Koglhof
Location (ancient)
CommunityKoglhof
District, regionWeiz
Population group
Date2. c. AD
Source of datelupa
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bāg- 'to fight' or *bāgo- 'combatant, riot' or *bāgo- 'beech' ?
DLG2: 63 (bagauda), NPC 212, Meid 219
Second element
Suffixaucon
Stem classn
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / Plant?
Other
Relations(F) Bauseio, (H) Satucus, (FiL) Tutio
General notescf. the Gaulish toponym Bagacum and OIr. bág 'combat', bágach 'pugnacious', W kymwy 'affliction' and OIr. bágaid 'to fight, to threaten'; cf. the loans from Celtic into Gmc.: OHG bāgan 'to quarrel', OS bāg 'brag' (Meid 219, IEW 115, DLG2: 63f.)
Other attestationsBacaugu NOR 1 (CIL III 4898), Bacacu NOR 1 (CIL III 11502), Bacadus NOR 1 (CIL III 5922), Bacauso NOR 1 (CIL III 5027), Bacausus NOR 1 (CIL III 5019).
Secondary literatureLochner 27, NPC 36 (Bacauco), DLG2: 63 (bagauda), NPC 212, Meid 219