Words that come from Proto-Celtic rīxs

400 words across 52 languages descend from Proto-Celtic rīxs — including American, America, rich, Henry, Harry, Frederick, Harris, Eric.

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English (144)

Swedish (46)

Dutch (29)

Danish (15)

Manx (12)

Irish (11)

Latvian (11)

French (10)

Icelandic (9)

Esperanto (9)

Italian (8)

Faroese (7)

Ido (7)

Latin (6)

Japanese (5)

Norwegian (4)

Hawaiian (4)

Afrikaans (4)

Proto-Celtic (4)

Gothic (4)

Russian (4)

Old Irish (3)

Cebuano (3)

Catalan (3)

Tagalog (3)

West Frisian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Slovak (2)

Galician (2)

Welsh (2)

Ligurian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Estonian (1)

Gaulish (1)

Frankish (1)

Venetian (1)

Old High German (1)

Friulian (1)

Interlingua (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Sicilian (1)

Low German (1)

Chinese (1)

Marshallese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Urdu (1)

Norn (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Polish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Burmese (1)