Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīkiją

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

From Proto-Celtic *rīgyom, whence also Old Irish ríge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ki.jɑ̃/

Noun

*rīkiją n

1. rulership, government, authority
2. realm, kingdom

Inflection

Declension of *rīkiją (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*rīkiją	*rīkijō
vocative	*rīkiją	*rīkijō
accusative	*rīkiją	*rīkijō
genitive	*rīkijas, *rīkīs	*rīkijǫ̂
dative	*rīkijai	*rīkijamaz
instrumental	*rīkijō	*rīkijamiz

Derived terms

• *kuningarīkiją

Related terms

• *rīkijaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rīkī
  • 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: rīche
      • Bavarian: Reich
      • German: Reich
        • → English: Reich
        • → Polish: Reich
        • → Russian: рейх (rejx)
      • Luxembourgish: Räich
    • → Polish: rzesza
    • → Czech: říše
    • → Slovak: ríša
• Old Norse: ríki
  • Icelandic: ríki
  • Faroese: ríki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rike
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rike
  • Old Swedish: rīke
    • Swedish: rike
  • Old Danish: rikæ
    • Danish: rige
  • → Middle English: rike
    • Scots: rik
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki)
• → Estonian: riik (borrowing) (from (Old) Swedish or (Middle) Low German)