kelaunikui

== Celtiberian == === Etymology === Unknown. Theories include: Proto-Indo-European *kel-nḤ-mno- (“something covered, protected”) + *-iko- from ke- (unknown prefix) + launi (“wife”) + -iko a compound kel-aun-ĭk-o- from a toponym ending in -au === Word === kelaunikui The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: Tornijo del Campo inscription: kelaunikui terkininei eskenim tures launi olzui olkai/obakai eskenim tures Useizunos kotizonei (according to Villar and Prósper): a document has been emitted for the entire area with buildings in the region […] the wife (adjective) having a building or buildings (noun in the dative singular) matrimony a middle participle related to a Proto-Indo-European stem meaning "covered" === References === === Further reading === D. Vicente Redón, B. Ezquerra Lebrón, El bronce celtibérico de Torrijo del Campo (Teruel) in 1997, Francisco Villar, Francisco Beltrán, Pueblos, lengua y escrituras en la Hispania Prerromana, University of Salamanca. D. Stifter, A Contribution to Celtiberian Etymology in 1999, Die Sprache, volume 41. F. Rubio Orecilla, Las formaciones secundarias en -ko- del celtibérico in 2001, Francisco Villar, María Pilar Fernández Álvarez, Religión, lengua y cultura prerromanas de Hispania, University of Salamanca. Blanca María Prósper, Reflections on Celtiberian Morphology: The oilaun-Word-Family and Holodynamic -mon-Stems in 2002, Studia Indogermanica Lodziensia, volume 4, University of Łódź. Francisco Villar; Blanca M. Prósper (2005), Vascos, celtas y indoeuropeos: genes y lenguas (in Celtiberian), University of Salamanca