Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reinos

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-nós, from *h₃reyH- (“to flow, stream”).

Noun

*reinos m

1. river, waterway

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*reinos	*reinou	*reinoi
vocative	*reine	*reinou	*reinoi
accusative	*reinom	*reinou	*reinoms
genitive	*reinī	*reinous	*reinom
dative	*reinūi	*reinobom	*reinobos
locative	*reinei	*?	*?
instrumental	*reinū	*reinobim	*reinūis

Descendants

• Old Irish: rían
  • Irish: rian
  • Scottish Gaelic: rian
• Gaulish: Rēnos
  • → Latin: Rhēnus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Germanic: *Rīnaz (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (see there for further descendants)