Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rīgyom

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 *h₃rḗǵs (“king”), also of same origin Latin rex

Noun

*rīgyom n^[1]

kingdom

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rīgyom	*rīgyou	*rīgyā
vocative	*rīgyom	*rīgyou	*rīgyā
accusative	*rīgyom	*rīgyou	*rīgyā
genitive	*rīgyī	*rīgyous	*rīgyom
dative	*rīgyūi	*rīgyobom	*rīgyobos
locative	*rīgyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*rīgyū	*rīgyobim	*rīgyūis

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *rriɣɨð
- Middle Welsh: rihyt, rihyd
  - Welsh: rhiydd
Old Irish: ríge
→ Proto-Germanic: *rīkiją, *rīkijaz^[2]

References

^ Koch, John (2004) “*rīgjo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 190
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Reich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

[1] Koch, John (2004) “*rīgjo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 190

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Reich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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