Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Avaro Rumonis |
| Name (citation form) | Rumo |
| Source | III 4966, ILLPRON 836 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Zollfeld |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Maria Saal |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | Roman |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple / short name |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *rūmo- 'Rome', 'Roman' ? Lochner 135f., Kajanto 226, NPC 230, Stifter HS 122 (2009): 270ff. |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Orig / Place |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Avaro, (DiL) Tantia, (GD) Brutta |
| General notes | Gaulish form with sound substitution ū for Latin ō (Rōma-), cf. Stifter 2009: 270ff. -> absence of the phoneme ō in Gaulish during the period of contact with the Roman Empire. Inscription stone looks like a fake. |
| Other attestations | NOR 1 (AIJ 75). |
| Secondary literature | AlNor 236, Lochner 135f. (Ruma), NPC 156, 230, Kajanto 226 |