Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rēnos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-nós, from *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).

Noun

*rēnos m

river, waterway

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rēnos	*rēnou	*rēnoi
vocative	*rēne	*rēnou	*rēnūs
accusative	*rēnom	*rēnou	*rēnūs
genitive	*rēnī	*rēnous	*rēnom
dative	*rēnūi	*rēnobom	*rēnobos
instrumental	*rēnū	*rēnobim	*rēnobis

Descendants

Old Irish: rían
- Irish: rian
- Scottish Gaelic: rian
Gaulish: Rēnos
- → Latin: Rhēnus (see there for further descendants)
- → Germanic: *Rīnaz (see there for further descendants)
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (see there for further descendants)