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

a male given name

Inflection

Declension 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. (abbreviation)
    - → 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