Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reginis

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

A derivative of *regeti (“to stretch”) originally meaning "stretched".^[1]

Adjective

*reginis

hard, stiff
tough

Inflection

I-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*reginis	*reginī	*reginīs
vocative	*regini	*reginī	*reginīs
accusative	*reginim	*reginī	*reginims
genitive	*regineis	*reginyou	*reginyom
dative	*reginei	*reginibom	*reginibos
instrumental	*reginī	*reginibim	*reginibis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*reginis	*reginī	*reginīs
vocative	*regini	*reginī	*reginīs
accusative	*reginim	*reginī	*reginims
genitive	*regineis	*reginyou	*reginyom
dative	*reginei	*reginibom	*reginibos
instrumental	*reginī	*reginibim	*reginibis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*regini	*reginī	*reginyā
vocative	*regini	*reginī	*reginyā
accusative	*regini	*reginī	*reginyā
genitive	*reginois	*reginois	*reginyom
dative	*reginē	*reginibom	*reginibos
instrumental	*reginī	*reginibim	*reginibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *rrɨɣɨn
- Middle Welsh: rein
  - Welsh: rhain
- ⇒ Old Welsh: Regin (as a tribal name)
Old Irish: rigin
- Classical Gaelic: righin
- Irish: righin
- Manx: reen
- Scottish Gaelic: righinn

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*regini-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*regini-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307

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