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.
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…
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto bela Russian -яга (-jaga)der. Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. Esperanto -eg- Esperanto belega From bela + -eg-.
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”).