Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rīxs

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Noun

*rīxs m

1. king

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rīxs	*rīge	*rīges
vocative	*rīxs	*rīge	*rīges
accusative	*rīgam	*rīge	*rīgams
genitive	*rīgos	*rīgou	*rīgom
dative	*rīgei	*rīgobom	*rīgobos
locative	*rīgi	—	—
instrumental	*rīge?	*rīgobim	*rīgobis

Derived terms

• *Dagorīxs
• *Kengetorīxs
• *Kunorīxs
• *Tankorīxs
• *Toutorīxs

 

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *rrix
  • Middle Welsh: ri
    • Welsh: rhi
  • Old Breton: ri
• Primitive Irish: ᚏᚔᚌᚐᚄ (rigas) (genitive)
  • Old Irish: rí
    • Middle Irish: rí
      • Irish: rí
      • Manx: ree
      • Scottish Gaelic: rìgh
• Celtiberian: reikis
• Gaulish: *rīx
• → Proto-Germanic: *rīks (see there for further descendants)