πŒπŒžπŒ…πŒ‹πŒž

Oscan

Etymology

From πŒπŒžπŒ…πŒ„πŒ‹πŒž (nΓΊvelΓΊ, β€œNouela”), from 𐌍𐌞 (nΓΊ, β€œnew (city)”) + the suffix -*la. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *nΓ©wos.

According to Buck,[1] in Oscan the Proto-Italic first-declension nominative singular ending *-ā changes in quality to a sound similar to [ɔː], which was written as ΓΊ ⟨𐌞⟩ (representing [o]) or, more rarely, u βŸ¨πŒ–βŸ©.

See also Latin Nola.

Orthography

The spelling πŒπŒžπŒ…πŒ‹πŒ€πŒπŒžπŒ” (nΓΊvlanΓΊs) on the Cippus Abellanus suggests that the diphthong /ou/ was represented by the sequence βŸ¨πŒžπŒ…βŸ©.

Proper noun

πŒπŒžπŒ…πŒ‹πŒž β€’ (nΓΊvlΓΊ) ("Noula")

  1. the city of Nuvlana (current day Nola).

References

  1. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
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