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rich Rich rích German Etymology Extracted from names such as de Friedrich Frederick and de Heinrich Henry, ultimately from de gem-pro *rīks king, ruler, which is cognate with la rēx and sa रा॒ज्य whence en raj. For male animals, its earliest occurrence is in de Enterich drake, which is a folk etymology folk-etymological alteration of gmh antreche, ultimately from gmw-pro *anadrekō drake king duck, i.e. gmw-pro *anad + gmw-pro *rekō – a form of gem-pro *rīks, equivalent to de Ente duck + de -rich and cognate with en drake which is gmw-pro *anadrekō without the *ana-. From there, by analogy, it was used in de Gänserich gander, and subsequently in other forms (see derived terms below). Pronunciation de /-ʁɪç/ de De--rich.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix de suffix noun-forming suffixes m genitive -richs or -riches plural -riche suffix to derive masculine nouns, especially for male animals Derived terms de