Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Bessa Iuvenis f(ilia) ux(or) (obita) an(norum) XL V |
| Name (citation form) | Bessa |
| Source | III 5567 p.2328,201 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | limestone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Mauerkirchen |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Rosenheim |
| District, region | Bayern |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 182 AD |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *bessu- 'custom, manners' or *biss(o)- 'finger' DLG2: 74, 76, NPC 213, EDPC 66 (*bisti-) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | a Kajanto 105 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App |
| Other | |
| Relations | (W) Bessa, (H) Iul(ius) Victor Martial(is), (D) Bessa, (F) Iuueno |
| General notes | either derived from *bessu- 'custom, manners' or with lowering of i > e from *bisso- 'finger' < PIE *gwisto-, cf. ON kvistr 'little branch' |
| Other attestations | NAR 1 (CIL XII 3667), DAC 1 (CIL III 1438), Bessus DAL 2 (CIL III 8312, 13853), MSV 1 (JÖAI 31, 1938, Bbl. 112-113 Nr. 16), Bessuca HIS 1 (CIL II 3097), Bessula BEG 1 (CIL XIII 8307). |
| Secondary literature | DLG2: 76, NPC 42 (Bisso, Bissius), 213, EDPC 66 (*bisti-) |