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

IPA^(key): /ˈriː.nɑz/

Proper noun

*Rīnaz m

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-.

Proto-West Germanic: *Rīn
- Old English: Rīn
  - English: Rhine
- Old Dutch: *Rīn
  - Middle Dutch: Rijn
    - Dutch: Rijn, Rhijn
      - Afrikaans: Ryn
    - Limburgish: Rien
- Old High German: Rīn
  - Middle High German: Rīn
    - Alemannic German: Rhy
      - Swabian: Rhãẽ
    - Central Franconian: Rheng, Rhing, Rhien, Rhein
      - Luxembourgish: Rhäin
    - German: Rhein
    - Rhine Franconian: Rhoi, Rhei, Rhein, Rhien
Old Norse: Rín
- Icelandic: Rín
- Faroese: Rín
- Norwegian: Rhinen
- Swedish: Rhen (based on the Ancient Greek word, displaced the native word, which would have been R(h)in)
- Danish: Rhinen