Lacroix, Jacques, “Le celtique *dubno- et *albio- dans un ensemble de noms de peuples, de dieux, de personnes et de lieux”, Études Celtiques 42 (2016): 65–93.
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[EN] Celtic *dubno- and *albio- in a series of people names, god names, personal names, and place names.The Celtic stems *dubno- and *albio- have generated in previously Celtic countries a number of people names : Dumnonii, Damnonii, Geidumni, Ostidamni, Albici, Albiones ; god names : Dobnoredos, Veriugodumnus, *Dubnocaratius, Albius, Albarinus, Albiorix ; personal names : Dubnorix, Dubnovellaunus, Dumnacus, Vercondaridubnus, Cogidumnus, Albanus, Albiorix, Albucius… They also gave birth to place names, mountain names, and river names, for example : Devon, Roanne, the isle of Dumet, Albion, Alps, Alba-la-Romaine, Albacete, Albenga, the Elbe and the Aube… The meaning of the two radicals was not completely clear. This study argues that they are connected with sunrise and sunset, with the western and eastern directions. Cosmogonic, mythical, and religious connotations might have been added too. Two riding gods were leading the sun rising in the luminous sky, and sinking in the impenetrable depths. The daily motions of this star were also those of seasons and lives, in a perpetual succession of births and deaths.
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