Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rextus

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 *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to right oneself”).

Noun

*rextus m

1. rule, law

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rextus	*rextū	*rextowes
vocative	*rextu	*rextū	*rextūs
accusative	*rextum	*rextū	*rextuns
genitive	*rextous	*rextous	*rextowom
dative	*rextou	*rextubom	*rextubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*rextū	*rextubim	*rextubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *rreiθ
  • Middle Breton: rez, reiz
  • Cornish: ryth
  • Middle Welsh: reyth
    • Welsh: rhaith
• Old Irish: recht, rect
  • Irish: reacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: reachd
• ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *kuβ̃reiθ
  • Middle Welsh: kyfreith, kyureith
    • Welsh: cyfraith

Etymology 2

Possibly from either:

• Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρέπτομαι (eréptomai, “to devour, snatch away”), Latin rapiō (“to seize”).
• Proto-Indo-European *rebʰ- (“violent”), cognate to Latin rabiō (“to go mad”).

Noun

*rextus m

1. fury, anger

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rextus	*rextū	*rextowes
vocative	*rextu	*rextū	*rextūs
accusative	*rextum	*rextū	*rextuns
genitive	*rextous	*rextous	*rextowom
dative	*rextou	*rextubom	*rextubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*rextū	*rextubim	*rextubis

Descendants

• Middle Irish: recht