Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Avaro Rumonis

Name (citation form)Rumo
SourceIII 4966, ILLPRON 836
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Zollfeld
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population groupRoman
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple / short name
Prefix
First element*rūmo- 'Rome', 'Roman' ?
Lochner 135f., Kajanto 226, NPC 230, Stifter HS 122 (2009): 270ff.
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig / Place
Other
Relations(S) Avaro, (DiL) Tantia, (GD) Brutta
General notesGaulish 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 attestationsNOR 1 (AIJ 75).
Secondary literatureAlNor 236, Lochner 135f. (Ruma), NPC 156, 230, Kajanto 226