Etymology

Gingerich

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German Güngerich ← Old High German gund
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived fromgund“battle”
  2. German · borrowed fromGüngerich
  3. English todayGingerich

Anglicised form of German Güngerich, originally a compound of Old High German gund (“battle”) + rīchi (“powerful”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.