-rich

Extracted from names such as Friedrich, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”). With animals first in Enterich, which is a folk-etymological alteration of Middle High German antreche, equivalent to Ente + the cognate of English drake. Then by analogy Gänserich, and subsequently other forms.

• IPA^(key): /-ʁɪç/

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-rich m (genitive -richs or -riches, plural -riche)

1. suffix to derive masculine nouns, especially for male animals