Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Occo

Name (citation form)Occo*, Occus*
SourceIII 5529
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materiallimestone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Pfarrwerfen
Location (ancient)Iuvavum
CommunitySt. Johann im Pongau
District, regionSalzburg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationhypocoristic short name ?
Prefix
First element*oco(n)- '?'
NPC 228
Second element
Suffixon / o
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn / o ?
Casenom. sg. / dat. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations
General notesroot of underlying element beginning with oc- might be PIE *h2ek^-/h2ok^- 'sharp, edge' (OIr. ochair, Lat. ocris, Gr. ókris) (DLG2: 237).
Other attestationsOcco[ -- ] BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7655) Occus NOR 1 (CIL III 4987)
Secondary literatureNPC 143, 228, Lochner 115 (Occia, Occius, Occianus)