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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-nós, from *h₃reyH- (“to flow, stream”).
Noun
*reinos m
- river, waterway
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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*reinos
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*reinou
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*reinoi
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| vocative
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*reine
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*reinou
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*reinoi
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| accusative
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*reinom
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*reinou
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*reinons
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| genitive
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*reinī
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*reinous
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*reinom
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| dative
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*reinūi
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*reinobom
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*reinobos
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| locative
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*reinei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*reinū
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*reinobim
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*reinūis
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Descendants
- Old Irish: rían
- Gaulish: Rēnos
- → Latin: Rhēnus (see there for further descendants)
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *Rīnaz (see there for further descendants)