rihhi

Old High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːxːi/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

rīhhi

2. 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 (“mighty, rich”).

Noun

rīhhi n

2. 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: riche
  • German: Reich
    • → English: Reich
    • → Polish: Reich
    • → Russian: рейх (rejx)
  • Luxembourgish: Räich
• → Polish: rzesza
• → Czech: říše
• → Slovak: ríša

References

1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'
2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014