Cathubodua
Etymology
Cathubodua is the name of a Gaulish goddess derived from a single inscription at Mieussy in Haute Savoie, eastern France, which actually reads ATHVBODVAE AVG SERVILIA TERENTIA S L M.{{cite book|title=The Ancient Irish Goddess of War |author=W. M. Hennessey |date=1870 |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/aigw/aigw01.htm}} The text's restitution as Cathubodua depends on the assumptions that an initial C has been lost{{Cite journal |last=Pictet |first=Adolphe |date=1868 |title=SUR UNE NOUVELLE DÉESSE GAULOISE DE LA GUERRE |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41733071 |journal=Revue Archéologique |volume=18 |pages=1–17 |jstor=41733071 |issn=0035-0737}} and that the personal names ATEBODVAE, ATEBODVVS and ATEBODVI in 3 other inscriptions in modern Austria and SloveniaCIL III, 5247; CIL III, 4732; CIL III, 5386; [http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/offen/suchen2.html?hdnr=039253] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103520/http://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/offen/suchen2.html?hdnr=039253 |date=July 19, 2011 }} are unrelated.
In the Gaulish language, the name Cathubodua is believed to mean battle-crow.{{cite book |first=Georges |last=Dottin |author-link=Georges Dottin |year=1918 |title=La Langue Gauloise, Grammaire, Textes et Glossaire |location=Paris |publisher=Librairie C. Klincksieck |page=[https://archive.org/details/lalanguegauloise00dottuoft/page/235 235], 244 |url=https://archive.org/details/lalanguegauloise00dottuoft}}{{cite web |url=http://www.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie/cathubodua-4076.htm |title=Cathubodua |work=L'Arbre Celtique |access-date=13 May 2015 |year=2015}} Etymological lexical forms reconstructed in the University of Wales' Proto-Celtic lexicon, suggest that the name is likely to be ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic *Katu-bodwā, a word that could be interpreted as ‘battle-fighting’.{{cite web |url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf |title=Proto-Celtic—English lexicon |publisher=University of Wales |work=Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060202020346/http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2006 |page=16 |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=27 May 2005 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/EXTERNAL/E4504.asp |title=Project 5: The Celtic Languages And Cultural Identity: A Multidisciplinary Synthesis |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=21 June 2019 |work=The University of Wales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203645/http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/EXTERNAL/E4504.asp |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=live }}