Celtiberian boustom 'cowshed, byre', attested in the Botorrita I
text, is a compound from Celtic *bow- 'cow' < IE *gʷōw-
and *-sto- 'standing' < IE *sth2-o-1,
formally identical to Old Irish búas 'riches, wealth (in kine)'2. In Iberian
toponymy, this word has descendants in busto, bustar 'meadow': Busto,
Bustelo/Bustillo, Busdongo, Bustarviejo, etc3.
I think possible for Iberian buiśtin-, boiśtin-, attested in La Serreta texts, to be a
Celtiberian loanword with reduction of unstressed vowels o/u > i.
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1 C. Jordán Cólera (2004): Celtibérico,
p. 64.
2 R. Matasović (2009): Etymological
Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, p. 71.
3 J.J. Moralejo (2007): Callaica
nomina. Estudios de onomástica galega, p. 42.
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