Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīkī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.

Adjective

*rīkī

2. mighty, powerful
3. 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: riche, rech, reche, rich, ruche, rych, ryche, reke, rik, rike (Northern), rice (Early Middle English)
    • English: rich
    • Scots: rich
    • Yola: reeche
• 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
• Old Dutch: rīki
  • Middle Dutch: rike
    • Dutch: rijk
      • Afrikaans: ryk
    • Limburgish: riek
• Old High German: rīhhi
  • Middle High German: rīche
    • Alemannic German: riich
    • Central Franconian: rich, riech, reich
      • Luxembourgish: räich
    • German: reich
    • Yiddish: רײַך (raykh)
  • → Italian: ricco
  • → Sicilian: riccu
• → Vulgar Latin: *rīcius, *rīcus
  • Old French: riche (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: ric (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

Noun

*rīkī n

2. 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

• *rīkijan
• *rīkisōn

Descendants

• Old English: rīce
  • Middle English: riche, ryche, rik, rike, ryk (Northern), rice (Early Middle English)
• Old Frisian: rīke
  • Saterland Frisian: Riek
  • West Frisian: ryk
• Old Saxon: rīki
  • Middle Low German: rîch, ricke, rijke, rîk, rîke
    • Low German: riek
    • Plautdietsch: Rikj
• Old Dutch: rīki
  • Middle Dutch: rike
    • Dutch: rijk
      • Afrikaans: ryk
• Old High German: rīhhi
  • Middle High German: riche
    • Bavarian: Reich
    • German: Reich
      • → English: Reich
      • → Polish: Reich
      • → Russian: рейх (rejx)
    • Luxembourgish: Räich
  • → Polish: rzesza
  • → Czech: říše
  • → Slovak: ríša