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:^[2]

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^[3]

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310/311
^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 121
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310

[EDPC_1-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310/311

[2] Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 121

[EDPC_2-3] 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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