rikk
Maltese
/rɪk/
adjective
Definitions
- (chiefly) rich
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian riccu borrowed from Italian ricco derived from Latin *rīcus derived from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, mighty, rich, noble, kingly, royal) derived from Old High German rīhhi (rich, ruler, might, power, empire, mighty).
Origin
Old High German
rīhhi
Gloss
rich, ruler, might, power, empire, mighty
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
富
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *rīcus Latin
- Richilani Latin
- reich German
- arricchire Italian
- riccamente Italian
- ricchezza Italian
- ricchissimo Italian
- ricco Italian
- riccometro Italian
- riche French
- rico Spanish, Castilian
- *reg- Proto-Indo-European
- *ainaz Proto-Germanic
- *amal Proto-Germanic
- *rīkijaz Proto-Germanic
- *rīks Proto-Germanic
- ríkr Old Norse
- ric Catalan, Valencian
- Requiás Galician
- Heimrich Old High German
- rīhhi Old High German
- riche Middle High German
- rīche Middle High German
- Räich Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- רײַך Yiddish
- *rīkī gmw-pro
- *rik'as Proto-Finnic
- *rīgos Proto-Celtic
- *rīxs Proto-Celtic
- ric Friulian
- *riki, *rīki Frankish
- *rīki Frankish
- ric Old Occitan
- rīke Old Frisian
- riccu Sicilian
- rico Venetian
- ric Interlingua
- rīhhi lng