Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīþaz

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

A nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, boil, churn”). Compare similarly-formed cognates such as Sanskrit रीति (rītí, “stream”), Welsh rhid (“semen”), Old Irish riathor (“torrens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːθɑz/

Noun

*rīþaz m

1. river

   Synonyms: *albī, *fleutą, *flōduz, *straumaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *rīþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rīþaz	*rīþōz, *rīþōs
vocative	*rīþ	*rīþōz, *rīþōs
accusative	*rīþą	*rīþanz
genitive	*rīþas, *rīþis	*rīþǫ̂
dative	*rīþai	*rīþamaz
instrumental	*rīþō	*rīþamiz

Derived terms

• *garīþiją
  • Proto-West Germanic: *garīþī
    • Old English: ġerīþe

Related terms

• *rinnaną
• *runsiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rīþ
  • Old English: rīþ
    • Middle English: rīth, rīthe
      • English: rith
  • Old Frisian: rīth, rīd
    • Saterland Frisian: Riede
    • West Frisian: ryd, ride, riid, ried, rie
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: mēderīth, mēderīd
  • Old Saxon: *rīth
    • Middle Low German: rîde, rîe, rige, rhyde, rüde
      • → German: Riede
  • Old Dutch: rīth
    • Middle Dutch: rijt
      • Dutch: riet, rijt (dialectal)