Re: Châteaubleau 2

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "indravayu" <sonno3@...> wrote:

>
> > 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).

Forgot to add: it could also be an accusative sg. with dialectal loss
of final -m (or -n, as found in some Gaulish dialects).

- Chris Gwinn