2022/12/28 by David Stifter · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Business, Management and Accounting · #Archaeological and Historical Studies #Law, logistics, and international trade #Linguistics and language evolution
paper · pdf · doi:10.36707/palaeohispanica.v22i0.450
openalex publication_date 2022/12/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
This article makes etymological proposals for five words in the Celtiberian inscription from Novallas (Z.02.01): the place name TERGAⱾ is connected with Western Indo-European *tergo- ‘market’; DOIBIM is explained as a dative dual *dou̯ibim ‘to the two’; the gerund DVNDOM ‘to give’ is analysed as *dh₃(u)-un-do-; MEDOM is compared with Old Irish med ‘measure, balance’ and Welsh medd ‘authority’; and the fragmentary DERNV[ is compared with words for ‘hand’ or ‘palm’ in other Celtic languages. It is suggested to transcribe the new sibilant sign of Celtiberian with Ȿ (Unicode 2C7E).