Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *AmalarīksScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_amalarīks
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Names and their varieties: a collection of essays in onomasticsKelsie B.HarderAmerican Name Society, University Press of America1984*𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃name of a 4th century Gothic king
propnmasculineconsonant stema male given nameFrom *amalą + *rīks, forming a Germanic dithematic personal name meaning approximately ‘king of toil/struggle’ or ‘powerful through labor’. The name is historically attested in the Gothic royal dynasty of the Amali and in the fourth-century Gothic king *𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, Latinized as Amalricus/AmalaricusHarder 1984: 9–12. The compound belongs to the widespread Germanic tradition of royal and aristocratic names containing *-rīks (compare *Þeudōrīks and *Alarīks).