Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rriɣ

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From the oblique stem *rīg- of Proto-Celtic *rīxs. The inherited nominative singular form would presumably have given *rix (possibly attested in the name Uindiorix), and the plural form *riɣ. Evidently the former was analogically replaced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈iːɣ/

Noun

*rriɣ m

1. king

Derived terms

• Uindiorix

Descendants

• Old Welsh: ri, rig
  • Middle Welsh: ri
    • Welsh: rhi
• Old Breton: ri