Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/rriɣ

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This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From the oblique stem *rīg- of Proto-Celtic *rīxs. The inherited nominative singular form would presumably have given *rix (possibly attested in the name Uindiorix), and the plural form *riɣ. Evidently the former was analogically replaced.

Pronunciation

Noun

*rriɣ m

  1. king

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Welsh: ri, rig
    • Middle Welsh: ri
  • Old Breton: ri