%0 Journal Article
%T Lusitanian Personal Names with the Equine Motivation
%A Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
%J Lingua Posnaniensis
%@ 2083-6090
%D 2009
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10122-009-0010-1
%X The aim of this article is to find an equine motivation for several personal names attested in the territory of the Roman Lusitania. New or better Indo-European reconstructions (e.g. *melyos and *ku-melyos ¡®horse; stallion¡¯; IE. *k nkilos and *k nkanos ¡®horse¡¯, as well as the root *k nk-) in reference to the animal terminology are suggested. The distribution of the reflexes of IE. *ekwos ¡®horse¡¯ and *k nkilos / *k nkanos ¡®id.¡¯ in the area of the Hispanic Peninsula is carefully explained. Finally it is concluded that the horse and bull were the most esteemed animals in the culture of the ancient Lusitanians.
%K Lusitanian
%K anthroponymy
%K etymology
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/q0827221wtq48332/?p=8614113ee9eb4711a02937e27d290764&pi=9