Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks

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

An early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːks/

Noun

*rīks m

1. king, ruler

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *rīks (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rīks	*rīkiz
vocative	*rīk	*rīkiz
accusative	*rīkų	*rīkunz
genitive	*rīkiz	*rīkǫ̂
dative	*rīki	*rīkumaz
instrumental	*rīkē	*rīkumiz

Derived terms

• *Alarīks
• *Audarīks
• *Friþurīks
• *Gaizarīks
• *Haimarīks
• *Helparīks
• *Hildirīks
• *Hrōþirīks
• *Rīkaharduz
• *rīkiją
• *rīkijaną
• *rīkijaz
• *Þeudarīks

Related terms

• *rekaną
• *rekaz
• *rekô

Descendants

This word is attested only in compounds in all daughter languages except Gothic, where it was still used as a noun.

• Proto-West Germanic: *-rīk
  • Old English: -rīċ
  • Old High German: -rih
    • Middle High German: -rich
      • German: -rich
• Old Norse: -ríkr
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks)
• Vandalic: *rīx; *-rīks (early), *-rīk (late)