English Explanatory Dictionary

Rieck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Rieck Riecks

Etymology

* As a south German surname, variant of a personal name derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi + *gaiʀ (“spear”), similar to the English name Roger. * As a north German surname, from a personal name derived from *rīkī (“powerful, mighty”). * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from rjek (“hero”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Old High German reccho (“adventurer”). Compare Reck.

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