KING RORIK, son of Hother. Illustration to «TEUTONIC MYTH AND LEGEND».

Hrōþirīk(i)az is a reconstructed Germanic name, the derived forms of which are used for a number of people in legend and history. It means "famous ruler", and appears in Old German as Hrodric, in Old English language as Hrēðrīc and Hroðricus, in Old East Norse as Rørik and Old West Norse as Hrœrekr. In the Primary chronicle, it appears as Russian: Рюрик, i.e. Rurik. In Spanish and Portuguese, it was rendered as Rodrigo, or in its short form, Ruy/Rui.