Scholarly Name Reference
The Horned One (from Gaulish)
Scholarly reference for Cernunnos
Cernunnos
No indigenous writing system is securely attested for individual celtic names. The form shown is a modern scholarly transliteration.
CERNUNNOS
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Cernunnos is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Cernunnos
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
cernunnos.com → cernunnos.com
Because Cernunnos uses only ASCII characters, no Punycode encoding is required. The browser displays the name as-is. This domain is currently registered by another party.
How cernunnos becomes Cernunnos
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | c | → | C | Same | Same |
| 02 | e | → | e | Same | Same |
| 03 | r | → | r | Same | Same |
| 04 | n | → | n | Same | Same |
| 05 | u | → | u | Same | Same |
| 06 | n | → | n | Same | Same |
| 07 | n | → | n | Same | Same |
| 08 | o | → | o | Same | Same |
| 09 | s | → | s | Same | Same |
Why Cernunnos is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Celtic name Cernunnos is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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