Re: Tudrus

> In the case of Theodor/Theodoric the suffix would rather
> be the -ik of tauber/Täuberich and ganser/Gänserich.

> Ie. a diminutive suffix, which would mean that Teodoric =
> little Theodor, Teddy.

I've yet to see any evidence that <Täuberich> and
<Gänserich> contain a diminutive suffix. Or for that matter
that they're relevant at all, since both are late creations.

Brian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:
>
> At 1:34:39 PM on Thursday, January 6, 2011, Rick McCallister
> wrote:
>
> > -ico is diminutive in Spanish and Italian but I don't know
> > when it kicked in nor its provenance
>
> I imagine that both are from Latin <-icus>, though I don't
> know by what path the adjective suffix became a diminutive
> suffix.
>

Maybe it's from Germanic (* snicker *)


Torsten