The attested Gaulish spelling -rix represents /-rīxs/ and aligns with reconstructed Proto-Celtic *rīx-s; the written host names do not preserve a macron.
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-rīx
king or prince as the second member of compound personal names
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Celtic · Proto-Celtic · king nominative*rīx-s
king, nominative singular
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The inherited king noun functions as a compound-name member; its precise contribution can range beyond one mechanically compositional gloss.
Gaulish is attested in ancient onomastic material; Proto-Celtic is reconstructed.
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established — The ancestry and king or prince value are established, while the semantic force in every individual name is not.
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CITATION REGISTER
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Celtic, chapter 9 of The Indo-European Language FamilyCeltic chapter, p. 138: Gaulish onomastic -rix /-rīxs/ in Dumnorix and Vercingetorix
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the attested onomastic element, its pronunciation, host names, king gloss, and Proto-Celtic parent.
Sur la préhistoire des noms gaulois en -rīxp. 123: second member -rīx “roi, prince” in two-member Gaulish personal names
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently identifies -rīx as the second member of compound names and surveys variation in its function.
De Bello Gallico — Latin edition in the Scaife ViewerDe Bello Gallico 1.18 and 7.4
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The digital Latin edition confirms Dumnorix and Vercingetorix as historical host spellings but does not itself analyze their internal etymology.
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