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scholarly articlebolelli-campanile-rix

Sur la préhistoire des noms gaulois en -rīx

AUTHOR / EDITOR
Tristano Bolelli and Enrico Campanile
YEAR
1972
PUBLISHER
Études Celtiques · Persée
DOI
10.3406/ecelt.1972.1498
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The famous Gaulish ending is -rīx, not decorative -ix.

Cambridge identifies Gaulish -rix /-rīxs/ “king” inside Dumnorix and Vercingetorix and derives it from Proto-Celtic *rīx-s. The r belongs to the historical element; the exact force of that element still varies across individual names.

*h₃reg̑-

*h₃reg̑- → *h₃reg- → *rēg- → *rīx-s → -rīx

Title and p. 123

Independently identifies -rīx as the second member of compound Gaulish personal names and preserves semantic variation.

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Did -rīx mean exactly “king” in every compound name?

Not necessarily. The king or prince value is secure for the element, but scholarship distinguishes names where it is determinative from analyses in which it is semantically bleached or intensifying. Each host therefore requires its own compositional claim.

p. 123: discussion of three values assigned to -rīx

Reports determinative king or prince, semantically extended, and intensifying analyses.

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Was Gaulish -rīx an attested freestanding word?

No freestanding token is established by the reviewed evidence. Cambridge calls it an onomastic element and Bolelli and Campanile call it the second member of compound personal names. The form is attested through those hosts, while Proto-Celtic *rīx-s is reconstructed.

p. 123: second member of two-member personal names

Independently locates -rīx inside compound personal names.

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EDGE 1033supportsestablished

-rīx → *rīx-s

Gaulish → Proto-Celtic · inheritance

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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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The inherited king noun functions as a compound-name member; its precise contribution can range beyond one mechanically compositional gloss.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Anders Richardt Jørgensen · Tristano Bolelli · Enrico Campanile
p. 123: second member -rīx “roi, prince” in two-member Gaulish personal names

Independently identifies -rīx as the second member of compound names and surveys variation in its function.

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