rihhi

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“mighty, rich”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriːxːi/ (early)
IPA^(key): /ˈriːxi/

Adjective

rīhhi

rich

Descendants

Middle High German: rīche
- Alemannic German: riich
- Central Franconian: rich, riech, reich
  - Luxembourgish: räich
- German: reich
- Yiddish: רײַך (raykh)
→ Italian: ricco
→ Sicilian: riccu

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“kingdom, realm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriːxːi/ (early)
IPA^(key): /ˈriːxi/

Noun

rīhhi n

empire, kingdom, realm

Declension

Declension of **rīhhi** (neuter ja-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	rīhhi	rīhhi
accusative	rīhhi	rīhhi
genitive	rīhhes	rīhho
dative	rīhhe	rīhhim
instrumental	rīhhu	—

Descendants

Middle High German: rīche
- Bavarian: Reich
- German: Reich
  - → English: Reich
  - → Polish: Reich
  - → Russian: рейх (rejx)
- Luxembourgish: Räich
→ Polish: rzesza
→ Czech: říše
→ Slovak: ríša

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition
Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[2], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press