Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rriɣ

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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, and the plural form *riɣ. Evidently the former was analogically replaced.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈr͈iːɣ/

Noun

*rriɣ m

king

Derived terms

Uindiorix

Descendants

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