*rīþaz

Runic: ᚱᛁᚦᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈriː.θɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

river

Etymology

A nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (‘to move, flow, boil, churn’). Compare similarly-formed cognates such as Sanskrit रीति (rītí) (rītí, ‘stream’), Welsh rhid (‘semen’), Old Irish riathor (‘torrens’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rīþaz	rīþōz, rīþōs
Acc.	rīþą	rīþanz
Gen.	rīþas, rīþis	rīþǫ̂
Dat.	rīþai	rīþamaz
Inst.	rīþō	rīþamiz
Voc.	rīþ	rīþōz, rīþōs

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Descendants

*rīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- rīth (Old Dutch)
  - rijt (Middle Dutch)
    - riet, rijt (Dutch)
*rīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- rīþ (Old English)
  - rīth, rīthe (Middle English)
    - rith (English)
*rīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- rīth, rīd (Old Frisian)
  - mēderīth, mēderīd (Old Frisian)
  - Riede (Saterland Frisian)
  - ryd, ride, riid, ried, rie (West Frisian)
*rīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rīth (Old Saxon)
  - rîde, rîe, rige, rhyde, rüde (Middle Low German)
    - Riede (German)

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