Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Ottus Devilli f(ilius) |
| Name (citation form) | Ottus |
| Source | ILLPRON 1147 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Weng/Goldegg |
| Location (ancient) | Iuvavum |
| Community | Sankt Johann im Pongau |
| District, region | Salzburg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *otio- '?' ? |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | o |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (W) Bouda Momuci, (F) Deuillus |
| General notes | If Celtic, Otto, Ottus is probably a hypocoristic short name from the compound Otio-rix (cf. CIL III 3628) or less probable, a dialectal variant of *oxtu 'eight' ? Due to it´s indifferent sound structure, the name can not be assigned to any language (Celtic or non-Celtic, IE) with certainty. |
| Other attestations | Otto PAN 1 (CIL III 3817), NOR 1 (RISt 122 (= CIL III 5470)), Otu NOR 2 (CIL III 14368,4, 15205l) |
| Secondary literature | NPC 146, Lochner 117 (Otto) |