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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *rīkijaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_rīkijaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_rikijaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīkijaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>rīkijaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈriː.ki.jɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚱᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">ja-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>kingly, royal, noble</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>mighty, powerful</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="3">
            <def>rich</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *rīks (‘king’). Compare Latin rēgius.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkiją, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkiją, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijas, -īs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijas, -īs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>rīkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>rīkijammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>rīkijōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>rīkijammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>rīki</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>rike</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>riek</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>rīki</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>rike</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>rijk</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>ryk</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>rīċe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>riche, rech, reche, rich, ruche, rych, ryche, reke, rik, rike, rice</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>rich</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>rich</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yola</lang>
                        <orth>reeche</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>rīke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>rik</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>riek</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>ryk</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rīhhi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>ricco</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Sicilian</lang>
                      <orth>riccu</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rīhhi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rīche</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>riich</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>reich</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>רײַך (raykh)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rīhhi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rīche</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>rich, riech, reich</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>räich</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>rīki</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>rîk, rîke, rîch</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>riek</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>riek, rik, rike</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>rikj</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rīkī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Vulgar Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*rīcius, *rīcus</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old French</lang>
                      <orth>riche</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Occitan</lang>
                      <orth>ric</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*ᚱᛁᚲᛁᚨᛉ (*rikiaʀ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Proto-Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*ᚨᛁᚹᚨᚱᛁᚲᛁᚨᛉ (*aiwarikiaʀ)</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*ᚱᛁᚲᛁᚨᛉ (*rikiaʀ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>ríkr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>rig</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                      <orth>raik</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Faroese</lang>
                      <orth>ríkur</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                      <orth>reikar, reikur</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                      <orth>ríkur</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                      <orth>rik</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*ᚱᛁᚲᛁᚨᛉ (*rikiaʀ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>ríkr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>rike</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>rike</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>rik</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*ᚱᛁᚲᛁᚨᛉ (*rikiaʀ)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>ríkr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>rīker</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>rik</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Vulgar Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*riccus</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Catalan</lang>
                      <orth>ric</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Friulian</lang>
                      <orth>ric</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>ricco</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Occitan</lang>
                      <orth>ric</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Portuguese</lang>
                      <orth>rico</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Sicilian</lang>
                      <orth>riccu</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Spanish</lang>
                      <orth>rico</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Venetan</lang>
                      <orth>rico</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*rik'as</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Lithuanian</lang>
                  <orth>rikis</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
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