The story
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*rīxs“king”
- English todayRhynie
Probably from Pictish/Proto-Brythonic. Per Noble (2026) from an earlier *Rīgonīn or similar. Formed with the element Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”) + the suffixes -on (an intensifier) and -in, giving a name meaning "place associated with a great king".
Words from the same roots
Proto-Celtic*rīxs all →
rich
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.