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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rēdis

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

Generally held by Celticists as related to *rēdeti (“to ride”) and also related to Proto-Germanic *raidaz (“ready”).[1]

Adjective

*rēdis[1]

  1. easy
  2. smooth
  3. simple

Inflection
I-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *rēdis *rēdī *rēdīs
vocative *rēdi *rēdī *rēdīs
accusative *rēdim *rēdī *rēdims
genitive *rēdēs *rēdyou *rēdyom
dative *rēdē *rēdibom *rēdibos
instrumental *rēdī *rēdibim *rēdibis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *rēdis *rēdī *rēdīs
vocative *rēdi *rēdī *rēdīs
accusative *rēdim *rēdī *rēdims
genitive *rēdēs *rēdyou *rēdyom
dative *rēdē *rēdibom *rēdibos
instrumental *rēdī *rēdibim *rēdibis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *rēdi *rēdī *rēdyā
vocative *rēdi *rēdī *rēdyā
accusative *rēdi *rēdī *rēdyā
genitive *rēdois *rēdois *rēdyom
dative *rēdē *rēdibom *rēdibos
instrumental *rēdī *rēdibim *rēdibis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *rruɨð
    • Old Breton: ruet
      • Middle Breton: rouez
        • Breton: rouez (“rare, sparse, transparent”)
    • Old Welsh: ruid (“empty, vacant”)
  • Old Irish: réid

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rēdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
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