An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ricke

by Friedrich Kluge

Ricke, feminine, ‘doe,’ by chance not recorded only in Modern High German; Middle High German *riche and Old High German *riccha are wanting, but may be assumed from the archaic form of Modern High German Ricke (Swiss rikχe). In Gothic *rikki, ‘doe,’ would be a derivative feminine form of Reh (raiha-).