Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aiiu Macci f(ilia)

Name (citation form)Aiiu*
SourceIII 11481, ILLPRON 74
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Achomitz
Location (ancient)Teurnia
CommunityHohenturn
District, regionVillach-Land
Population group
Date90-110
Source of datelupa
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aiu- 'eternity, age, life-span'
DLG2: 36, NPC 210, Meid 213f.
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldAge
Other
Relations(F) Maccus, (H) Vitalus, (FiL) Festus, (S) Atectus, Priscus
General notesAi(i)u can either be derived from *aiu- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -u- or from *agio- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -g-.
Other attestationsAiu NOR 2 (CIL III 14364, Weber 201).
Secondary literatureNPC 15, 210, DLG2: 36, Meid 213f., AlNor 232, RSW2: 114 (Aiiu)