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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]

  1. rule, law

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *rextus *rextū *rextowes
vocative *rextu *rextū *rextūs
accusative *rextum *rextū *rextums
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
  • Old Irish: recht, rect
  • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *kuβ̃reiθ
    • Middle Welsh: kyfreith, kyureith

Etymology 2

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Noun

*rextus m[2]

  1. fury, anger

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

Descendants

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310/311
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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