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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriːθɑz/

Noun

*rīþaz m[1]

  1. river
    Synonyms: *albī, *fleutą, *flōduz, *straumaz

Inflection

Declension 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

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rīþaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
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