Celtic (and Rhaetian?) personal names in the pre-Roman epigraphy of Switzerland

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the current inventory of personal names attested to in vernacular inscriptions in Iron Age Switzerland, with a focus on the Cisalpine Celtic material. It discusses specifically the possible presence of Rhaetian linguistic elements in the Cisalpine Celtic onomastic record as well as putative differences between Lepontic and Gaulish personal name formation based on updated etymologies.