rith

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rey-“to arise, arise”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rīþaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rīþ
4. Old English · inherited fromrīþ m“a small stream”
5. Middle English · inherited fromrīth“a small stream”
6. English todayrith

From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), rithe, from Old English rīþ m (“a small stream”), rīþe f, from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”). Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).

Words from the same roots