Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ritus

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

U-stem zero-grade action noun from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-, corresponding to *reteti (“to run”).^[1]

Noun

*ritus m^[2]

run
course

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ritus	*ritū	*ritowes
vocative	*ritu	*ritū	*ritūs
accusative	*ritum	*ritū	*rituns
genitive	*ritous	*ritous	*ritowom
dative	*ritou	*ritubom	*ritubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*ritū	*ritubim	*ritubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *rrɨd
- Middle Breton: ret
  - Breton: red, rid
- Middle Welsh: ret (vowel analogical to the verb, cf. Welsh rhedeg)
  - Welsh: rhed
Old Irish: riuth, rith
- Middle Irish: rith
  - Irish: rith
  - Manx: roie
  - Scottish Gaelic: ruith
Gaulish: *ritu- (homophonous to *ɸritus (“ford”))
- →⇒ Latin: Ritogenus, Ritomārus, Ritumāra, Bōritus
⇒ Lepontic: 𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌖𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔 (ritukalos)

References

^ Salomon, Corinna (2009–present) Lexicon Leponticum‎^[1], rit-
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ritu-, rito-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 260

[1] Salomon, Corinna (2009–present) Lexicon Leponticum‎^[1], rit-

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ritu-, rito-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 260

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