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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic Рюрикъ (Rjurikŭ), from Old Norse Rørik, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks. Cognate with English Roderick.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Рю́‧рик
Proper noun
Рю́рик • (Rjúrik) m anim (genitive Рю́рика, nominative plural Рю́рики, genitive plural Рю́риков)
- a male given name, Ryurik, equivalent to English Rurik
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Рюрик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress