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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

*Rīnaz m

  1. the river Rhine

Inflection edit

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 edit

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-.