Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Maricae Blendonis f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Blendo
SourceIII 11647, ILLPRON 392
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rinkenberg (Vogrce)
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityBleiburg
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageGermanic or Celtic?
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*blendo- 'blind?'
Heidermanns 1993: 133f., Kluge23: 119
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp?
Other
Relations(D) Marica, (SiL) Capito, (GD) Ateduna
General notesprobably Gmc. adjective 'blind' *blinda- < *bhlendho- ? before enC > inC, cf. Heidermanns 1993: 133f., Kluge23: 119 or Celtic blando- < *mlndo-, of which *blendo- would be full grade *mlendo- (?) or any other unknown language.
Other attestationsNOR 3 (CIL III 5483, 4842, Leber 231).
Secondary literatureNPC 44, Heidermanns 1993: 133f., Kluge23: 119, AlNor 233