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English

Fritz

Fritz comes from German Fritz, from Friedrich ‘Frederick’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich‘Frederick’
  5. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFritzpet form of Friedrich
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1892same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Friþurīksreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Friþurīkreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Fridurih
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentFriedrich‘Frederick’
  5. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFritzpet form of Friedrich
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1892same form

Earliest quotation: 1892, Evelyn Raymond, New York: “Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most…”

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks

Today it means

noun A German person, usually male.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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