Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Covnerto [E]rbittonis (filio) |
| Name (citation form) | Erbitto* |
| Source | ILLPRON 1305 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Piber |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Köflach |
| District, region | Voitsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2./early 3. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob- Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | prepositional governing compound (prefix + hypocoristic short name) |
| Prefix | *er- 'very' / *eri- 'peri-, circumferential, all around' Holder I 1457, Dottin 256, Lochner 75 / KGP 210f. (Eri-°), DLG2: 166, NPC 221 |
| First element | *bitu- 'world' DLG2: 76, NPC 213, KGP 149, EDPC 67, Meid 79f. (Biturix), 131f. (Bitugentus) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comm |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Covnertus |
| General notes | "intensifying" *er- < PIE *per- or prepositional *eri- < *peri- with syncope in the "Kompositionsfuge" |
| Other attestations | Erbeid(us) HIS 1 (IRCP 420) |
| Secondary literature | Holder I 1457, Dottin 256, Lochner 75, KGP 149, 210f. (Eri-°), DLG2: 76, 166, NPC 213, 221, EDPC 67, Meid 79f. (Biturix), 131f. (Bitugentus) |