From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 34805
Date: 2004-10-22
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"Correctly identified by the original querent: *alda- 'old'.
> <BMScott@...> wrote:
>> 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->.
> I see. And the proterotheme is?