Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīk

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

From Proto-Germanic *rīks.

Noun

*rīk m

  1. king, ruler

Inflection

Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *rīk
Genitive *rīki
Singular Plural
Nominative *rīk *rīki
Accusative *rīku *rīki
Genitive *rīki *rīkō
Dative *rīki *rīkum
Instrumental *rīki *rīkum

Descendants

  • Old English: *rīċ[1] (in given names)
    • ⇒ Old English: -riċ (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: *rih[2] (in given names)
    • ⇒ German: -rich (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “*rīc”, in Altenglisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 4th edition
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “*rih”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 6th edition
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.