Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rēnos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-nós, from *h₃reyH- (“to flow, stream”).

Noun

*rēnos m

1. river, waterway

Inflection

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

Descendants

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