Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Rīnaz

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *Rēnos, from Proto-Celtic *reinos (river, waterway).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

*Rīnaz m

  1. the river Rhine

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Rīnaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *Rīnaz *Rīnōz, *Rīnōs
vocative *Rīn *Rīnōz, *Rīnōs
accusative *Rīną *Rīnanz
genitive *Rīnas, *Rīnis *Rīnǫ̂
dative *Rīnai *Rīnamaz
instrumental *Rīnō *Rīnamiz

Descendants

Many of these terms are or were spelled with Rh- based on Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos). This is not however the ancestor of the word, judging from the -ī-.