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in reply to a message by Satu
I must disagree with you: the root rig/rik/reg is well known. It gave rex in Latin, rig/rix in Gaulish Celt. It is also linked with right, rule, ride, roue (wheel in French), ruta, red (rood in Dutch, rouge in French, raja in Sanskrit etc.), rite... By definition, a king IS an advisor more than an allmighty ruler, a meaning the word acquired in Western Europe, much later. The word 'regin' is a derivative from the fonction.
As far as the Norse origin is concerned, once again I disagree: the names Erik(a) were in use among Germans long before contact with the Norse.
'erice", the Latin word, means 'arborescent heather', a plant quite different from the one most people think about (I have one in my garden and it grows 1m50 tall). It might be linked to 'erigere', to build, to erect, to give courage, or even to 'ericius', hedgehog, chevaux-de-frise. All of them, by the way, connected to the notion of erecting. This notion is to be found in words as varied as hero, erection, ehre etc. in which you are elected or distinguished because you STAND OUT, whether it is dued to inheritance, honnor or valor...
As far as the Norse origin is concerned, once again I disagree: the names Erik(a) were in use among Germans long before contact with the Norse.
'erice", the Latin word, means 'arborescent heather', a plant quite different from the one most people think about (I have one in my garden and it grows 1m50 tall). It might be linked to 'erigere', to build, to erect, to give courage, or even to 'ericius', hedgehog, chevaux-de-frise. All of them, by the way, connected to the notion of erecting. This notion is to be found in words as varied as hero, erection, ehre etc. in which you are elected or distinguished because you STAND OUT, whether it is dued to inheritance, honnor or valor...
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