Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Hrōþirīks

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hrōþiz (“fame”) +‎ *rīks (“king”).

Proper noun

*Hrōþirīks m

a male given name

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *Hrōþirīks (consonant stem)
	singular
nominative	*Hrōþirīks
vocative	*Hrōþirīk
accusative	*Hrōþirīkų
genitive	*Hrōþirīkiz
dative	*Hrōþirīki
instrumental	*Hrōþirīkē

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *Hrōþirīk
- Old English: Hrēþrīċ
  - → English: Hrethric (learned)
- Old High German: Hrōderich, Rōderich, Ruoderich, Ruodrich
  - → Middle Low German: Roderich
    - → German: Roderich
      - → Swedish: Rodrik[1]
    - → English: Roderick
Old Norse:
- Old West Norse: Hrórekr, Hrœrekr
  - Icelandic: Hrærekur
  - Norwegian: Rørek
- Old East Norse: Hrø̄rīkʀ, Rǫrekr
  - Old Swedish: Rörik
    - → Old East Slavic: Рюрикъ (Rjurikŭ)[1]
      - Russian: Рю́рик (Rjúrik)
        → Danish: Rurik
        → Icelandic: Rúrik (partially from English)
        → English: Ruric, Rurik
        → Swedish: Rurik
Gothic: *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*hrōþireiks)
- → Galician: Rodrigo, Roi
- → Italian: Roderico
- → Portuguese: Rodrigo, Rui
- → Spanish: Rodrigo, Ruy
  - → Italian: Rodrigo

References

Hellquist, Elof (1922), “Rodrik”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 651

[SEO-1] Hellquist, Elof (1922), “Rodrik”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 651