Anthony,
You may well be right. That suffix forms the final syllable of my forename and of my surname! But I can't quite see how that can make the ending of "Dobunni". The phonology doesn't seem right.
Martin Counihan
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2018 at 4:48 AM
> From: "Anthony Appleyard" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Dobunni
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> Or it is 'do' + 'bun' + common Indo-European adjective-forming suffix '-no-' (compare Latin '-nus', Russian '-nyj', English '-en' in "ashen", Sanskrit '-na-').
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