Where does “Arik” come from?

Arik (English) comes from Armenian առիք, from Old Armenian առիք, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁t- — post, beam, pole.

Ancestry of “Arik”, step by step

Arik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian առիք

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianառիքceiling
2Old Armenianառիքceiling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁t-post, beam, pole

via Proto-Turkic *ār-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*ār-—

Words derived from “Arik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁t- →Every word from Old Armenian առիք →Every word from Armenian առիք →