Proto-Celtic nominative *rīx-s develops to Old Irish rí, while genitive ríg preserves the stem consonant.
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rí
king; chief or foremost person
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king, nominative singular
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The king title remains a king noun through the Celtic sound changes.
Old Irish is recorded in the early medieval period; Proto-Celtic is reconstructed.
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Old Irish Online: IntroductionIntroduction, Old Irish between Heritage and Innovation, example 1a
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently compares rí and ríg with Gaulish -rix and Latin rēx.
Celtic, chapter 9 of The Indo-European Language FamilyCeltic chapter, p. 138: OIr. rí and ríg from PCelt. *rīx-s and *rīg-os
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