Reconstruction:Latin/rencus

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Nasalized borrowing of Gaulish *rekos, from Proto-Celtic *reketi (“to arrange”) (compare Old Irish adeirrig (“repeats, changes”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek- (“to set in order”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɾenko/

Noun

*rencus m (oblique *rencum); second declension (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

row
order, rank

Declension

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *rencus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*rę́ncọs	*rę́nci
genitive	*rę́nci	*ręncọ́rọ
dative	*rę́ncọ	*rę́ncis
accusative-ablative	*rę́ncọ	*rę́ncọs

Descendants

Old French: renc, reng, renk, renge, renke, range
- Middle French: ranc, reng, rang
  - French: rang
    - → Dutch: rang
    - → Spanish: rango
- → Middle English: rank, raunge, range, renge, renk
  - Scots: raing
  - English: range; rank
- ⇒ Old French: rengier, rangier (1190, France)
  - Middle French: rengier, renger
    - French ranger
      - → Spanish: arranchar
        Spanish: rancharse
        Spanish: rancho
        → English: ranch
  - → Middle English: rangen, raungen
    - Scots: raing
    - English: rank
  - ⇒ Old French: arengier, arrangier, enrenger
    - Middle French: arrengier, arengier
      - French arranger
        → German arrangieren
    - → Middle English: arengen, arrangen
      - English arrange
    - → Galician: arranxar (1370, "arrenjar")
Old Occitan: renc, reng, rang
- Old Catalan: renc
  - Catalan: reng
  - →? Galician: renque, rengue
  - →? Portuguese: renque
- Occitan: renc

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