Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Cocinae Aiunis

Name (citation form)Aiu*
SourceWeber 201, ILLPRON 859
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialflysch-sandstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rainberg
Location (ancient)
CommunityRuprechtshofen
District, regionMelk
Population group
Date1. c. AD
Source of dateSchierer
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as 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
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldAge
Other
Relations(LSa) Cocina
General notesAiu can either be derived from *aiu- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -u- or from *agio- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -g-.
Other attestationsAiiu NOR 1 (CIL III 11481), Aiu NOR 1 (CIL III 14364), Aio HIS 1 (ILER 6211: Clun(iensis)) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3707) PAN 1 (CIL III 4597) NOR 1 (AIJ 75), Aiio HIS 2 (CIL II 2814, 2782> EE VIII 145: Aiio).
Secondary literatureNPC 15, 210, DLG2: 36, Meid 213f., AlNor 232, RSW2: 114 (Aiiu)