Re: Châteaubleau 2

> Those attempts at interpretation of the tile I've seen agree that
> 'beni' in the first line is <- *gWenax. *-ax -> -i and *-ax -> -o
> won't work so 'beni' must then have become an i-stem?

Looks to me like an a-stem dative in -a:i [cognate with Old Irish
mnai:) that has been shortened to -i: in this particular dialect of
Gaulish (compare the Gaulish datives Brigindoni, Rosmerti, Belesami as
opposed to Blandouikuniai, Eskingai, Toutuniai).

- Chris Gwinn