Editing Theodoric (section)

==Overview==
The name was [[Latinisation of names|Latinized]] as ''Theodoricus'' or ''Theodericus'', originally from a [[Proto-Germanic language|Common Germanic]] form ''*[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Þeudarīks|Þeudarīks]]'' ("people-ruler") from *''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeudō|þeudō]]'' ("people") and *''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks|rīks]]'', which would have resulted in a [[Gothic language|Gothic]] *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*þiudareiks).<ref>The Proto-Germanic and Gothic forms are reconstructions. The ''-riks'' element was ultimately a borrowing from [[Continental Celtic|Celtic]], see [[Reich#Etymology]].</ref> Anglicized spellings of the name during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages include ''Theodoric'', ''Theoderic'', ''Theudoric'', ''Theuderic''.
[[Gregory of Tours]] Latinized the name as ''[[Theodore (given name)|Theodorus]]'', in origin the unrelated Greek name [[Theodore (given name)|Theodore]] (Θεόδωρος, meaning "God's gift").

As the name survived throughout the Middle Ages, it transformed into a multitude of forms in the languages of Western Europe.
These include the [[German language|High German]] form ''[[Dietrich (disambiguation)|Dietrich]]'', abbreviated ''[[Dieter (disambiguation)|Dieter]]'', the Low German and Dutch form ''[[Diederik]]'', or ''Dierik'', abbreviated ''[[Dirck]]'', ''[[Dirk (name)|Dirk]]'', ''[[Dik (disambiguation)|Dik]]'' or ''Diede'', <!--the patronymic ''[[Tietjen]]s'' derived from the personal form ''Tietje'',{{cn|date=February 2016}}--> the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ''Tjodrik'', ''Diderik'' and ''Didrik''. Of the Romance languages, French has ''[[Thierry (disambiguation)|Thierry]]'' and [[Italian (language)|Italian]], [[Portuguese (language)|Portuguese]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] has ''Teodorico''.

The English forms ''[[Derek]]'', ''[[Derrick (name)|Derrick]]'' and ''[[Terry]]'' have been re-introduced from the continent, from Low German, Dutch and French sources. The derived Welsh form is ''[[Tewdrig]]''; however, there also exists the related Welsh name ''[[Tudur]]'' (from [[Proto-Celtic]] ''*Toutorīxs'', exactly cognate with Proto-Germanic ''*Þeudarīks'') which is the origin of the name of the English [[Tudor dynasty]].