Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rinnos

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 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 *h₃reyH-, but the source of the geminate -nn- is obscure.[1] The easiest way to account for it is to presume that *-nós was suffixed to the present plural stem of a nasal present *h₃ri-né-H-ti.[2]

Adjective

*rinnos

  1. fast

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *rinnos *rinnou *rinnoi
vocative *rinne *rinnou *rinnoi
accusative *rinnom *rinnou *rinnoms
genitive *rinnī *rinnous *rinnom
dative *rinnūi *rinnobom *rinnobos
instrumental *rinnū *rinnobim *rinnobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *rinnā *rinnai *rinnās
vocative *rinnā *rinnai *rinnās
accusative *rinnam *rinnai *rinnams
genitive *rinnās *rinnous *rinnom
dative *rinnai *rinnābom *rinnābos
instrumental *? *rinnābim *rinnābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *rinnom *rinnou *rinnā
vocative *rinnom *rinnou *rinnā
accusative *rinnom *rinnou *rinnā
genitive *rinnī *rinnous *rinnom
dative *rinnūi *rinnobom *rinnobos
instrumental *rinnū *rinnobim *rinnobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *rinnyūs *? *rinnyoses
vocative *rinnyūs *? *rinnyoses
accusative *rinnyosam *? *rinnyosams
genitive *rinnisos *? *rinnisom
dative *rinnisei *? *rinnisbos
instrumental *rinnisī *? *rinnisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *rinnyūs *? *rinnyoses
vocative *rinnyūs *? *rinnyoses
accusative *rinnyosam *? *rinnyosams
genitive *rinnisos *? *rinnisom
dative *rinnisei *? *rinnisbos
instrumental *rinnisī *? *rinnisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *rinnis *? *?
vocative *rinnis *? *?
accusative *rinnis *? *?
genitive *rinnisos *? *rinnisom
dative *rinnisei *? *rinnisbos
instrumental *rinnisī *? *rinnisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rrɨnn
  • Middle Irish: renn (“swift”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rinno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎, volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 20
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