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The Rucinates (Gaulish: * Rucinatis) or Rucantii (Gaulish: * Rucantioi) were a Gauls tribe dwelling near the confluence of the Isar and Danube rivers during the Roman period.
The meaning of the name remains uncertain. It has been translated as 'the blushing (i.e. shameful or shaming) people', by connecting the first element to the Gaulish * rucco- ('shame, blush of shame'). Alternatively, Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel has proposed to derive the name from a form * roukkina (cf. Welsh language rhuchen 'jerkin, jacket, coat'), itself from * roukka (cf. Welsh rhuch 'garment, cloak, mantle'). In this view, the variant R̔oukántioi handed down by Strabo could be explained as 'those who wear a roukka'. The form given by Ptolemy ( Runicates) is a metathesis of the original form ( Rucinates).
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