Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Cougus |
| Name (citation form) | Cougus* |
| Source | Römer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 87-88 n. 47 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | instrumentum |
| Material | lead tablet |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Kalsdorf |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Kalsdorf |
| District, region | Graz-Umgebung |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *cougo-, *couco- ? '?' Meid 265 (Coucus) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Anim / Obj / App |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | 4 possible etymologies: 1) cf. OIr. coí, cúach 'cuckoo', 2) cf. OIr. cúach 'cup, bowl', 3) < *kouko- (IEW 589) (cf. Goth. hauhs 'high' etc.) or 4) *k̂ouko- 'bright, shining' (IEW 594f., 597); but all uncertain (Meid 266). |
| Other attestations | PAN 1 (RIU 1224). |
| Secondary literature | Meid 265 (Coucus), NPC 76 (Coucus) |