Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Spectato Cuc(i) f(ilio) |
| Name (citation form) | Cucus* |
| Source | III 4936 = 11518, ILLPRON 510 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Sankt Stefan bei Haimburg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Völkermarkt |
| District, region | Völkermarkt |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *cuco-, *cuci- '?' Lochner 65 (Cucius), DLG2: 131 (cucullos 'cowl, hood') |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | o |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Spectatus, (DiL) Sura |
| General notes | DLG2: 131: "Mot latin cucullus qu´on suppose emprunté du gaulois". Meid 266 compares either OIr. coí, cúach 'cuckoo' or OIr. fid-chúach 'falcon' or with OIr. cúach 'bowl', but states that both is not convincing. Instead, he suggests an etymological connection to Goth. hauhs 'high' < PIE *kouko- (IEW 589) or *k^ouko- 'shining' (IEW 594f., 597). |
| Other attestations | PAN 1 (RIU 928). |
| Secondary literature | Meid 266, NPC 78 (Cucius), AlNor 234 (Cucio), Lochner 65f. (Cucius, Cucio), DLG2: 131 (cucullos 'cowl, hood') |