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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīkī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.
Adjective
*rīkī
- mighty, powerful
- rich
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *rīkī | ||
| Genitive | *rīkijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *rīkī | *rīkiju | *rīkī |
| Accusative | *rīkijanā | *rīkijā | *rīkī |
| Genitive | *rīkijas | *rīkijeʀā | *rīkijas |
| Dative | *rīkijumē | *rīkijeʀē | *rīkijumē |
| Instrumental | *rīkiju | *rīkijeʀu | *rīkiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *rīkijē | *rīkijō | *rīkiju |
| Accusative | *rīkijā | *rīkijā | *rīkiju |
| Genitive | *rīkijeʀō | *rīkijeʀō | *rīkijeʀō |
| Dative | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum |
| Instrumental | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum | *rīkijēm, *rīkijum |
Descendants
- Old English: rīċe
- Middle English: rich, riche, ryche
- Scots: rich, riche, ritch, rik
- English: rich
- Middle English: rich, riche, ryche
- Old Frisian: rīke
- North Frisian: rijck
- Saterland Frisian: riek
- West Frisian: ryk
- Old Saxon: rīki
- Middle Low German: rîk, rîke, rîch
- German Low German: riek
- Low German: rik, rike
- Plautdietsch: rikj
- Middle Low German: rîk, rîke, rîch
- Old Dutch: rīki
- Middle Dutch: rike
- Dutch: rijk
- Afrikaans: ryk
- Limburgish: riek
- Dutch: rijk
- Middle Dutch: rike
- Old High German: rīhhi
- Middle High German: rīche
- German: reich
- Yiddish: רײַך (raykh)
- Middle High German: rīche
- → Vulgar Latin: *rīcius, *rīcus
- Old French: riche
- Middle French: riche
- French: riche
- Norman: riche (Jèrriais)
- Middle French: riche
- Old Occitan: ric, rica
- Catalan: ric, rica
- Occitan: ric, rica
- Old French: riche
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.
Noun
*rīkī n[1]
- kingdom, realm
Inflection
| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *rīkī | |
| Genitive | *rīkijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rīkī | *rīkiju |
| Accusative | *rīkī | *rīkiju |
| Genitive | *rīkijas | *rīkijō |
| Dative | *rīkijē | *rīkijum |
| Instrumental | *rīkiju | *rīkijum |
Derived terms
- *rīkisōn
Descendants
- Old English: rīce
- Middle English: rike, ryche, riche
- English: riche, -ric
- Scots: rik
- Middle English: rike, ryche, riche
- Old Frisian: rīke
- West Frisian: ryk
- Old Saxon: rīki
- Old Dutch: rīki
- Middle Dutch: rike
- Dutch: rijk
- Afrikaans: ryk
- Dutch: rijk
- Middle Dutch: rike
- Old High German: rīhhi
- Middle High German: riche
- German: Reich
- → English: Reich
- → Russian: рейх (rejx)
- Luxembourgish: Räich
- German: Reich
- → Polish: rzesza
- → Czech: říše
- Middle High German: riche
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *rīkī”