Etymograph

English

Rogers Dry Lake

Rogers Dry Lake comes from Spanish Rodríguez ‘Roger’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hrōþirīksreconstructed
  2. Gothicc. 300–600hrōþireikstransliteratedGothic script hrōþireiks, a transliterationreconstructed
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentRodrigo
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentRodríguez‘Roger’
  5. EnglishtodayRogers Dry Lake

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hrōþirīksreconstructed
  2. Gothicc. 300–600hrōþireikstransliteratedGothic script hrōþireiks, a transliterationreconstructed
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentRodrigo
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentRodríguez‘Roger’
  5. EnglishtodayRogers Dry Lake

A compound of Roger + dry lake

Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz

Latin Rogerius

Old French Rogier

English Roger

Today it means

name A dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks / Rogers Dry Lake