ríkur
Icelandic
/ˈriːkʏr/
adj
Definitions
- rich, wealthy
- powerful, strong, compelling
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ríkr (rich, distinguished, powerful, mighty) derived from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, mighty, rich, noble, kingly, royal) derived from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (king, ruler) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (king, ruler, rules).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃rḗǵs
Gloss
king, ruler, rules
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Richmond English
- antirich English
- generich English
- megarich English
- nonrich English
- overrich English
- rich English
- rich-kid English
- richdom English
- richen English
- richer English
- richish English
- richling English
- richly English
- richness English
- richweed English
- semirich English
- superrich English
- ultrarich English
- unrich English
- *rīcus Latin
- Richilani Latin
- rēgem Latin
- rēgem, rēx Latin
- rēgem, rēx, rex Latin
- rēgis, rēx, rex Latin
- rēgālis Latin
- rēx Latin
- Reicharabien German
- Reichtum German
- abreichern German
- anregungsreich German
- baumreich German
- bilderreich German
- cadmiumreich German
- calciumreich German
- einfallsreich German
- einwohnerreich German
- eisenreich German
- farbenreich German
- fischreich German
- galliumreich German
- humusreich German
- klippenreich German
- kohlenhydratreich German
- kohlenstoffreich German
- manganreich German
- molybdänreich German
- neureich German
- niederschlagsreich German
- nährstoffreich German
- reich German
- reichhaltig German
- reichlich German
- risikoreich German
- sauerstoffreich German
- schwefelreich German
- schwerreich German
- segensreich German
- selenreich German
- silikatreich German
- sonnenreich German
- steinreich German
- stinkreich German
- strontiumreich German
- temporeich German
- torreich German
- traditionsreich German
- tränenreich German
- tugendreich German
- ultrareich German
- umfangreich German
- waldreich German
- wasserreich German
- zahlreich German
- ricco Italian
- riche French
- rico Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- *reg- Proto-Indo-European
- rik Norwegian Bokmål
- *ainaz Proto-Germanic
- *rīkijaz Proto-Germanic
- *rīks Proto-Germanic
- rik Norwegian Nynorsk
- rīce Old English
- राजन Sanskrit
- राजन् Sanskrit
- riche Middle English
- Ríkviðr Old Norse
- ríkleikr Old Norse
- ríkr Old Norse
- rig Danish
- riĉa Esperanto
- ric Catalan, Valencian
- litríkur Icelandic
- litur Icelandic
- ráð Icelandic
- ráðríkur Icelandic
- saga Icelandic
- söguríkur Icelandic
- áhrif Icelandic
- áhrifaríkur Icelandic
- Requiás Galician
- rīhhi Old High German
- rí Old Irish
- ríge Old Irish
- ríkur Faroese
- rīche Middle High German
- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *rīkī gmw-pro
- *rik'as Proto-Finnic
- *dubnos Proto-Celtic
- *orgeti Proto-Celtic
- *rīgos Proto-Celtic
- *rīxs Proto-Celtic
- *swādus Proto-Celtic
- *Hrā́ȷ́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrā́ȷ́ā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- riker Old Swedish
- rīker, riker Old Swedish
- *rēks Proto-Italic
- ric Friulian
- *riki, *rīki Frankish
- *rīki Frankish
- ric Old Occitan
- rīke Old Frisian
- riccu Sicilian
- rico Venetian
- *rriɣ Proto-Brythonic
- rix Gaulish
- ric Interlingua