Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bottiae Bottionis fil(iae)

Name (citation form)Bottio
SourceIII 4915, ILLPRON 136
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Himmelberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityHimmelberg
District, regionFeldkirchen
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationhypocoristic shortening
Prefix
First element*boduo- 'a (royston-) crow' / 'witch' / 'war-goddess' or *boto- ? '?'
GPN 59f., 151, NPC 213, DLG2: 81 / Lochner 34f.
Second element
Suffixion
Kajanto 120
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim / Theo / ?
Other
Relations(D) Bottia
General notesUnknown etymology and language, but note the regional distribution of the name; Lochner 34 compares Ir. bótt 'fire' to the similar name Botta.
Other attestationsBottius ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286) NOR 4 (CIL III 11566 [3], Leber 159), Botti[us] NOR 1 (CIL III 11566), Bot[tius] ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286), Bottia NOR 3 (Leber 159 [2], CIL III 4864), [B]ottia NOR 1 (CIL III 4915) NAR 1 (CIL XII 4112).
Secondary literatureLochner 34f. (Botta), NPC 46 (Bottius, -a), 213, AlNor 233 (Bottio, -a), GPN 59f., DLG2: 81, GPN 151