Re[2]: [tied] aldric, luis, aldrin = etymology?

At 9:45:29 AM on Thursday, October 21, 2004, tgpedersen
wrote:

> --- 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.

There is no <-k-> suffix here. The deuterotheme is
Gmc *<ri:ks> 'king', borrowed from Celtic <ri:g->.

Brian