Reconstruction:Old Dutch/ria

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rīhu. Perhaps from the verb *rīhan (“to line up”) (whence Dutch rijgen (“to impale, to baste”)). Cognate to German Reihe (“row, series”)

Noun

*rīa f

  1. row, line

Declension

Declension of *rīa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *rīa *rīa, *rīon
accusative *rīa, *rīon *rīa, *rīon
genitive *rīon *rīono
dative *rīon *rīon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: rië, rij
    • Dutch: rij
      • Afrikaans: ry
      • Negerhollands: rieg
      • → Aukan: lei
      • → Caribbean Javanese: rèi
      • → West Frisian: rij, rije
    • Limburgish: rie
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