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rijk
a word from vocabulary
Dutch
by
Nicoline van der Sijs
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Word form
rijk
LWT meaning(s)
rich
Paraphrase in dutch
vermogend
Grammatical info
adjective
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
0901-1000 [12] (901–1000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
The word is borrowed in Germanic from Celtic as a noun meaning ‘state’; the meaning ‘rich’ is created in Germanic, not in Celtic.
Source words
*riks
'state'
Celtic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Celtic influence on Germanic [12]
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