Eiríkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaR (literally “ever ruler”), or *Aina-rikiaR (literally “one ruler”). *Aiwa- is cognate to Latin aevum (“life, lifetime”). *Aina- stems from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and is cognate to Latin ūnus (“one”). The second part, *-rikiaR stems from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, cognate to Latin rēx (“king”).

Proper noun

Eiríkr m

A male given name.

Descendants

Danish: Erik
English: Eric
Estonian: Eerik

Faroese: Eirikur
Finnish: Eerik, Erkki
Icelandic: Eiríkur
Latvian: Ēriks

Norwegian: Eirik, Erik
Russian: Э́йрик (Éjrik), Э́рик (Érik)
Swedish: Erik, Jerker
Westrobothnian: Erk, Jerk

References

Eirik; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
“Erik” in: J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, 8. druk, Utrecht 1994, Prisma Woordenboeken, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, →ISBN

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