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Old Irish Online: Introduction
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel and University of Texas Linguistics Research Center Editors
- YEAR
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- PUBLISHER
- University of Texas at Austin
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- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly reference
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
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Irish rí and Latin rēx are cousins, not copies.
Old Irish rí and genitive ríg descend from Proto-Celtic *rīx-s and *rīg-os, while Latin rēx follows the parallel Italic branch.
*h₃reg̑- → *h₃reg- → *rēg- → *rīx-s → rí
Introduction, example 1aIndependently compares the Celtic and Latin vowel outcomes.
SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
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Was Gaulish -rīx borrowed from Latin rēx?
No borrowing is required by the reviewed comparative account. Celtic -rīx and Latin rēx are inherited cognates: Celtic raises Indo-European *ē to *ī, while Latin preserves ē.
Old Irish introduction, example 1aContrasts Celtic ī in Gaulish -rix and Old Irish rí with Latin ē in rēx and rēgis.
Was Old Irish rí borrowed from Latin rēx?
No. The comparative evidence derives Old Irish rí and Latin rēx as cognates in separate Celtic and Italic branches.
Introduction, example 1aContrasts Celtic ī with Latin ē inside inherited cognates.
Did Latin rēx produce Old Irish rí or Gaulish -rīx?
No. The reviewed comparative sources treat the Latin and Celtic forms as inherited cognates in separate Italic and Celtic branches; Celtic raises inherited *ē to *ī.
Old Irish introduction, example 1aCompares inherited Celtic ī with Latin ē in rēx and rēgis.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
rí → *rīx-s
Old Irish → Proto-Celtic · inheritance
- SOUND
- Proto-Celtic nominative *rīx-s develops to Old Irish rí, while genitive ríg preserves the stem consonant.
- MEANING
- The king title remains a king noun through the Celtic sound changes.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Anders Richardt Jørgensen · Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel
Introduction, Old Irish between Heritage and Innovation, example 1aIndependently compares rí and ríg with Gaulish -rix and Latin rēx.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
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Ireland
Supplies rí, ríg, and the eighth-to-tenth-century language horizon.
Old Irish introduction, examples and period description · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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