English
Friedrich
Friedrich comes from Old High German Fridurih, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
- Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich
- Englishearliest quotation 1872same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
- Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich
- Englishearliest quotation 1872same form
Earliest quotation: 1872, Edward Everett Hale, Ups and Downs: “As it happened, also, the particular Friedrichs and Wilhelms…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks
Today it means
name A male given name from German, equivalent to English Frederick.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks / Friedrich