Re: [tied] aldric, luis, aldrin = etymology?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
wrote:

> At 11:11:36 PM on Wednesday, October 20, 2004,
> he_who_must_not_be_named wrote:
>
> > 1. regarding the etymology of the germanic masculine name:
> > *aldric/aldrick; eng. *aldrich. i think the name means
> > "old-ruler" right?! what is the latinised form of the
> > germanic "aldric?" i'm guessing it's *aldrico or
> > *aldricus.
>
> <Aldricus> is well-attested, along with some variant
> Latinizations (e.g., <Aldericus>).
>

The -k- suffix seems to point in the direction of a Nordwestblock
name.

Torsten