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Where does “Ērika” come from?

Ērika (Latvian) comes from Latvian Ēriks, from Old Norse Eiríkr, from Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ.

Ancestry of “Ērika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianĒriks—
2Old NorseEiríkr—
3Proto-Norse*Aiwa-rikiaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ →