Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Friþurīks

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *friþuz (“peace”) +‎ *rīks (“king, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸri.θu.ˌriːks/

Proper noun

*Friþurīks m

1. a male given name

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *Friþurīks (consonant stem)
	singular
nominative	*Friþurīks
vocative	*Friþurīk
accusative	*Friþurīkų
genitive	*Friþurīkiz
dative	*Friþurīki
instrumental	*Friþurīkē

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *Friþurīk
  • Old English: Friþurīc, Freoþorīc
  • Old Saxon: Frithurik
    • Middle Low German: Vrederik
      • Low German: Frederik
      • → Norwegian: Fredrik
      • → Swedish: Fredrik
      • → Danish: Frederik
  • Old Dutch: *Frithurīk
    • Middle Dutch: Vrederic
      • Dutch: Frederik
  • Old High German: Fridurih
    • German: Friedrich, Friederich; Friedr.
      • → English: Frederick
      • → Chinese: → 弗里德里希 (Fúlǐdélǐxī) (transliteration)
  • → Latin: Friderīcus (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: *Friðríkr, *Friðrekr (likely from German)
  • Icelandic: Friðrik, Friðrekur
  • Faroese: Fríðrikur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Fridrek, Frikk
• → Estonian: Vidrik