English
Rijeka
Rijeka comes from Serbo-Croatian Rijéka.
- Serbo-CroatianmodernRijéka
- EnglishtodayRijeka
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Serbo-CroatianmodernRijéka
- EnglishtodayRijeka
The story
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Rijéka/Рије́ка (literally “river”), calqued from Latin Flūmen, from flūmen.
Every English word from Serbo-Croatian Rijéka
Today it means
name A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian Rijéka / Rijeka