The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*Friþurīks
- Frankish · derived from*Friþurīk
- Old High German · derived fromFridurih
- Latin · derived fromFriderīcus
- German · derived fromFriedrich
- English todayFrederick
From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.
Words from the same roots
GermanFriedrich all →
Friedrich
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.