Reconstruction:Latin/rencus

This Latin 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.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Nasalized borrowing of Gaulish *rekos, from Proto-Celtic *reketi (“to arrange”) (compare Old Irish adeirrig (“repeats, changes”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek- (“to set in order”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈrenks/

Noun edit

*rencus m (oblique *rencum); second declension (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

row
order, rank

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈrenks/	*/ˈrenk/
oblique	*/ˈrenk/	*/ˈrenks/

Descendants edit

Franco-Provençal: rang, ran
Old French: renc, reng, renk, renge, renke, range
- Middle French: ranc, reng, rang
  - French: rang
    - → Dutch: rang
    - → Spanish: rango
- → Middle English: rank, raunge, range, renge, renk
  - Scots: raing
  - English: range; rank
- ⇒ Old French: rengier, rangier (1190, France)
  - Middle French: rengier, renger
    - French ranger
      - → Spanish: arranchar
        Spanish: rancharse
        Spanish: rancho
        → English: ranch
  - → Middle English: rangen, raungen
    - Scots: raing
    - English: rank
  - ⇒ Old French: arengier, arrangier, enrenger
    - Middle French: arrengier, arengier
      - French arranger
        → German arrangieren
    - → Middle English: arengen, arrangen
      - English arrange
    - → Galician: arranxar (1370, "arrenjar")
Old Occitan: renc, reng, rang
- Old Catalan: renc
  - Catalan: reng
  - →? Galician: renque, rengue
  - →? Portuguese: renque
- Occitan: renc