Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bonia

Name (citation form)Bonia
SourceRömer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 114-115 n. 64
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptioninstrumentum
Materialplump
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kalsdorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKalsdorf
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bono- 'village, establishment'
DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 214 (bouno- > bōno-)
Second element
Suffixia
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classia
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations
General notespace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'.
Other attestationsNOR 6 (CIL III 5074, 5107, 5437, 5444, 5437, 11595)
Secondary literatureLochner 33f., NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor