Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Rīnaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *Rēnos, from Proto-Celtic *rēnos (“river, waterway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.nɑz/

Proper noun

*Rīnaz m

1. the river Rhine

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Rīnaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Rīnaz	*Rīnōz, *Rīnōs
vocative	*Rīn	*Rīnōz, *Rīnōs
accusative	*Rīną	*Rīnanz
genitive	*Rīnas, *Rīnis	*Rīnǫ̂
dative	*Rīnai	*Rīnamaz
instrumental	*Rīnō	*Rīnamiz

Descendants

Many of these terms are or were spelled with Rh- based on Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos). This is not however the ancestor of the word, judging from the -ī-.

• Proto-West Germanic: *Rīn
  • Old English: Rīn
    • English: Rhine
  • Old Dutch: *Rīn
    • Middle Dutch: Rijn
      • Dutch: Rijn, Rhijn
        • Afrikaans: Ryn
      • Limburgish: Rien
  • Old High German: Rīn
    • Middle High German: Rīn
      • Alemannic German: Rhy
        • Swabian: Rhãẽ
      • Central Franconian: Rheng, Rhing, Rhien, Rhein
        • Luxembourgish: Rhäin
      • German: Rhein
      • Rhine Franconian: Rhoi, Rhei, Rhein, Rhien
• Old Norse: Rín
  • Icelandic: Rín
  • Faroese: Rín
  • Norwegian: Rhinen
  • Swedish: Rhen (based on the Ancient Greek word, displaced the native word, which would have been R(h)in)
  • Danish: Rhinen