köken: Originally a compound of 素(す) (su, abbreviation of 素晴らしい (subarashii, “wonderful, superb”)) + 的(てき) (-teki, “-ish, -like”, adjectivizing suffix). First appears in the late Edo period, in the early 1800s. The use of 敵 (teki, “enemy”) instead of 的 (teki, “-ish, -like”) is an example of phonetic ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-der. Polish arcy- Polish dobry Polish arcydobry From arcy- + dobry.
çekim: karşılaştırma splendidior · üstünlük splendidissimus
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁-der. Latin splendeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin splendidus From splendeō (“to shine”) + -idus (“tending to”).
köken: Inherited from Malay berlian, from English brilliant or Dutch briljant, from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). Doublet of brilian.
splendid, luxurious, magnificent · rich, luxurious (characterized by wealth; which expresses wealth) · richly, luxuriously dressed
çekim: karşılaştırma greznāks · üstünlük visgreznākais
eş: daiļš, glīts, krāšņs, skaists, smuks
köken: There are diverging opinions on the origin of this word. It may possibly come from Proto-Baltic *grež-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreǵ-, *gʰerǵ-, from the stem *gʰer- (“to rub, to knead, to grate”) with an extra -ǵ. The semantic evolution would have been: “rubbed” > “polished, shiny” > “beautiful, gorgeous (having external shine, beauty).” Another possibility is that grezns is etymologically…