Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rīxs

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 *h₃rḗǵs.

Noun

*rīxs m

king

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rīxs	*rīge	*rīges
vocative	*rīxs	*rīge	*rīges
accusative	*rīgam	*rīge	*rīgās
genitive	*rīgos	*rīgou	*rīgom
dative	*rīgē	*rīgobom	*rīgobos
instrumental	*rīge?	*rīgobim	*rīgobis

Derived terms

*Dagorīxs
*Kengetorīxs
*Tankorīxs
*Toutorīxs

Descendants

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