Emmerich

English Proper noun ~ s en. en unincorporated community town:pref/Berlin co/Marathon County s/Wisconsin c/USA. Derived terms en Emmerich am Rhein emmerichite German Pronunciation de /ˈɛməʁɪç/ de De-Emmerich.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 From de odt Embriki, odt Ambriki. Probably of pre-Germanic origin and perhaps identical with fr Embry (nl Embreke). Sometimes grouped with hydronyms like de Ammer, de Amper (Bavaria), de Emmer (Lower Saxony). Proper noun toponym de town r/Lower Rhine s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany Emmerich am Rhein Etymology 2 From a merger of two or three of the following de gem - names: 1.) gem-pro *Amalarīks, from de gem-pro *amalą hard work, cognate with en Amery, it Amerigo; 2.) gem-pro *Ermanarīks, from gem-pro *ermunaz *ermanaz great, strong, whole; 3.) gem-pro *Haimarīks, from gem-pro *haimaz home, cognate with de Heinrich, en Henry. The second part in all cases is gem-pro *rīks ruler. Compare also hu Imre. Proper noun m,s:-[with an article] de male rare borne among others by an 11th-century Hungarian saint Etymology 3 Mainly from the given name (etymology 2), less often from the town (etymology 1).Emmerich in Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands Proper noun m:f,s:-[with an article],s:- de chiefly western German more common than the given name References