Where does “renju” come from?

renju (English) comes from Italian regno, from Latin regnum, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

renju (English): The professional variant of the game of gomoku,...

Definitions

  1. The professional variant of the game of gomoku,...

Ancestry of “renju”, step by step

renju traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian regno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianregnokingdom; reign; first-person singular present of...
2Latinregnumroyal power, power, control, kingdom, reign;...
3Latinrēxking, ruler
4Proto-Italicrēksking
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Japanese 連珠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese連珠renju

via Sicilian regnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianregnukingdom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Italic rēks