-rich

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-rich is a word component in German personal names .

background

Name forms in -rich belong to typical formations of two-part names in Germanic languages, such as analog formations in -bert, -mund, -hart, etc. a.

Names of this type were first mentioned by leaders of East Germanic tribes, they were particularly common from the 4th to 6th centuries ( Ermanarich , Theodoric the Great , Geiseric , etc.).

Such names appeared more frequently from the 10th century ( Heinrich I. , Friedrich et al.). They remained a common form of name in the German-speaking area until the 20th century.

meaning

-rich derived from Germanic rîhhi , Old High German then rîche , originally Reich , also power .

Personal names

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See also

Wiktionary: -rich  - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations

literature

  • Günther Drosdowski: Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names . Bibliographical Institute (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974

Remarks

  1. Gerhard Köbler, Old High German Dictionary , 2014 Letter R