Re: aldric, luis, aldrin = etymology?

> >>>> <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?
>
> Correctly identified by the original querent: *alda- 'old'.
>

Old English eald, Old Saxon (Old Low German) 'ald' "old". Why ald-
in a name in England?

Here's my bid:

Old European *alisa- (> *alira > *alra > English alder, with
metathesis German 'Erle'; Spanish 'alisa') + Nordwestblock -k.
So 'alder-man'.

Torsten