Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Botuni |
| Name (citation form) | Botu* |
| Source | lupa 11259 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Mühldorf |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Eppenstein |
| District, region | Judenburg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | Hainzmann |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *boduo- 'a (royston-) crow' / 'witch' / 'war-goddess' or *boto- ? '?' GPN 59f., 151, NPC 213, DLG2: 81 / Lochner 34f. |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Anim / Theo / ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Adiectus, (FiL) Aducus, (D) Iantula |
| General notes | unknown etymology and language, but note the regional distribution of the name and its Celtic n-stem inflection in -u, -unis, -uni; Lochner 34 compares Ir. bótt 'fire' to the similar name Botta. |
| Other attestations | Boto( ) NOR 1 (CIL III 5191), [Bo]ttio NOR 1 (CIL III 4915), [B]ottia NOR 1 (CIL III 4915), Bottia NAR 1 (CIL XII 4112), NOR 2 (Leber 159 [2]), Bot[tius] ITA 1 (AE 1968, 286), Botti[us] NOR 1 (CIL III 11566), Bottius ITA 1 (AE 1968, 286), NOR 4 (CIL III 11566 [3], Leber 159), Botta NOR 1 (CIL III 11735), Bottus NAR 1 (CIL XII 1105),Botuca NOR 1 (CIL III 11530), Boturo NAR 1 (CIL XII 4142), Botilla HIS 1 (EE VIII 70). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 34f. (Botta), NPC 46 (Bottia), 213, GPN 59f., DLG2: 81, GPN 151 |