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From ridge. Originating from Middle English.

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Riedel — equivalent surnames
• Chinese Mandarin: 背脊 (bèijǐ) — projecting part of the back
• Chinese Mandarin: 垄 (lǒng) — projecting line or strip
• Bulgarian: хребет (hrebet) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Catalan: carena — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Chinese Mandarin: 脊 (jǐ) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Faroese: ryggur — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Finnish: harjanne — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Finnish: selkä — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• French: crête — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Galician: aresta — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• German: Grat — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Hindi: कटक (kaṭak) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Hindi: डाँग (ḍāṅg) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Hungarian: gerinc — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Irish: iomaire — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Italian: cresta — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Italian: crinale — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Italian: costone — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Malay: rabung — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Māori: kaka — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Māori: tuatua — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Persian: گریوه (garive) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Portuguese: aresta — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Portuguese: cresta — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Romanian: creastă — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Sicilian: crista — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Slovene: greben — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Spanish: cresta — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Spanish: arista — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Swedish: ås — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Turkish: sırt — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Ottoman Turkish: صرت (sırt) — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Zazaki: sud — line along which two sloping surfaces meet
• Bulgarian: било (bilo) — highest point on a roof
• Chinese Mandarin: 屋脊 (wūjǐ) — highest point on a roof
• Dutch: nok — highest point on a roof
• Esperanto: firsto — highest point on a roof
• Finnish: harja — highest point on a roof
• Finnish: katonharja — highest point on a roof
• French: faîte — highest point on a roof
• Galician: cume — highest point on a roof
• German: First — highest point on a roof
• Hungarian: orom — highest point on a roof
• Hungarian: oromzat — highest point on a roof
• Ingrian: kukkula — highest point on a roof
• Irish: mullach — highest point on a roof
• Italian: colmo — highest point on a roof
• Japanese: 大棟 (ōmune) — highest point on a roof
• Latgalian: čukurs — highest point on a roof
• Latvian: kore — highest point on a roof
• Macedonian: би́ло (bílo) — highest point on a roof
• Malay: rabung — highest point on a roof
• Norwegian: møne — highest point on a roof
• Polish: szczyt — highest point on a roof
• Polish: kalenica — highest point on a roof
• Portuguese: cumeeira — highest point on a roof
• Russian: конёк (konjók) — highest point on a roof
• Russian: гребень (grebenʹ) — highest point on a roof
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach — highest point on a roof
• Serbo-Croatian: hrbat — highest point on a roof
• Spanish: cumbrera — highest point on a roof
• Spanish: caballete — highest point on a roof
• Swedish: nock — highest point on a roof
• Swedish: taknock — highest point on a roof
• Swedish: takås — highest point on a roof
• Tagalog: palupo — highest point on a roof
• Tagalog: palupuhan — highest point on a roof
• Turkish: doruk — highest point on a roof
• Turkish: zirve — highest point on a roof
• Zazaki: serni — highest point on a roof
• Albanian: kreshtë — chain of mountains
• Aromanian: creastã — chain of mountains
• Bulgarian: планинска верига (planinska veriga) — chain of mountains
• Catalan: serralada — chain of mountains
• Chinese Mandarin: 山脊 (shānjǐ) — chain of mountains
• Czech: hřeben — chain of mountains
• Dutch: bergkam — chain of mountains
• Dutch: bergrug — chain of mountains
• Finnish: vuorijono — chain of mountains
• French: crête — chain of mountains
• Galician: serra — chain of mountains
• Galician: cordal — chain of mountains
• Galician: fial — chain of mountains
• Galician: aspra — chain of mountains
• Galician: encorgada — chain of mountains
• German: Bergkette — chain of mountains
• Hungarian: hegygerinc — chain of mountains
• Hungarian: hegyhát — chain of mountains
• Hungarian: hegylánc — chain of mountains
• Irish: droim — chain of mountains
• Italian: catena — chain of mountains
• Macedonian: пла́нинска ве́рига (pláninska vériga) — chain of mountains
• Macedonian: ве́рига (vériga) — chain of mountains
• Malay: rabung — chain of mountains
• Māori: tūtūātanga — chain of mountains
• Norwegian: rygg — chain of mountains
• Norwegian: åsrygg — chain of mountains
• Plautdietsch: Launtrigjen — chain of mountains
• Polish: grzbiet — chain of mountains
• Portuguese: espinhaço — chain of mountains
• Portuguese: serro — chain of mountains
• Portuguese: serra — chain of mountains
• Portuguese: cordilheira — chain of mountains
• Romanian: creastă — chain of mountains
• Russian: го́рный хребе́т (górnyj xrebét) — chain of mountains
• Russian: го́рная цепь (górnaja cepʹ) — chain of mountains
• Russian: хребе́т (xrebét) — chain of mountains
• Spanish: cordillera — chain of mountains
• Spanish: sierra — chain of mountains
• Swedish: bergsrygg — chain of mountains
• Swedish: rygg — chain of mountains
• Turkish: dağ silsilesi — chain of mountains
• Zazaki: koyani — chain of mountains
• Arabic: سلسلة جبال (silsilat jibāl) — chain of hills
• Catalan: serra — chain of hills
• Chinese Mandarin: 山脊 (shānjǐ) — chain of hills
• Czech: hřeben — chain of hills
• Dutch: heuvelkam — chain of hills
• Dutch: heuvelrug — chain of hills
• Esperanto: altaĵaro — chain of hills
• Estonian: seljak — chain of hills
• Estonian: seljandik — chain of hills
• Finnish: selkä — chain of hills
• Galician: serra — chain of hills
• Ancient Greek: δειράς (deirás) — chain of hills
• Irish: droim — chain of hills
• Māori: taupae — chain of hills
• Māori: hiwi — chain of hills
• Māori: miki — chain of hills
• Māori: kahiwi — chain of hills
• Māori: taukahiwi — chain of hills
• Māori: tuahiwi — chain of hills
• Māori: tūtūātanga — chain of hills
• Norwegian: rygg — chain of hills
• Norwegian: åsrygg — chain of hills
• Norwegian Bokmål: åskam — chain of hills
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åskam — chain of hills
• Plautdietsch: Launtrigjen — chain of hills
• Polish: pasmo — chain of hills
• Portuguese: serro — chain of hills
• Portuguese: serra — chain of hills
• Russian: го́рный хребе́т (górnyj xrebét) — chain of hills
• Russian: го́рная цепь (górnaja cepʹ) — chain of hills
• Swedish: ås — chain of hills
• Zazaki: gedug (diq) — chain of hills
• Bulgarian: хребет (hrebet) — elevation on ocean bottom
• Chinese Mandarin: 洋脊 (yángjǐ) — elevation on ocean bottom
• Czech: oceánský hřbet — elevation on ocean bottom
• Dutch: zeerug — elevation on ocean bottom
• Finnish: keskiselänne — elevation on ocean bottom
• French: dorsale — elevation on ocean bottom
• Italian: dorsale — elevation on ocean bottom
• Norwegian: rygg — elevation on ocean bottom
• Polish: grzbiet — elevation on ocean bottom
• Portuguese: dorsal oceânica — elevation on ocean bottom
• Russian: океани́ческий хребе́т (okeaníčeskij xrebét) — elevation on ocean bottom
• Russian: хребе́т (xrebét) — elevation on ocean bottom
• Spanish: dorsal — elevation on ocean bottom
• Spanish: dorsal oceánica — elevation on ocean bottom
• Swedish: rygg — elevation on ocean bottom