Derek Ernest

	Derek Ernest Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name ''Derk'' is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Theodoric Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. 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). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dirck Dirck is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Dirck Barendsz (1534–1592), Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam Dirck Bleker (1621–1702), Dutch Golden Age painter Dirck Coornhert (1522–1590), Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian Dirck Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651), 17th-century Dutch portrait painter Dirck de Bray (1635–1694), Dutch Golden Age painter Dirck Ferreris (1639–1693), Dutch Golden Age painter Dirck Gerritsz Pomp (1544–1608), Dutch sailor, the first known Dutchman to visit Japan Dirck Hals (1591–1656), Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes Dirck Halstead, (born 1936), photojournalist, and editor and publisher of ''The Digital Journalist'' Dirck Helmbreker (1633–1696), Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes Dirck Jacobsz. (1496–1567), Dutch Renaissance painter Dirck Pesser (1585–1651), Dutch brewer from Rotterdam Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610–1682), Dutch cartographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group. Etymology The contemporary name for the region stems from the Latin word Frisii; an ethnonym used for a group of tribes in modern-day Northwestern Germany, possibly being a loanword of Proto-Germanic frisaz, meaning "curly, crisp", presumably referring to the hair of the tribesmen. In some areas, the local translation of "Frisia" is used to refer to another subregion. On the North Frisian islands, for instance, "Frisia" and "Frisians" refer to (the inhabitants of) mainland North Frisia. In Saterland Frisian, the term ''Fräislound'' specifically refers to Ostfriesland. During the French occupation of the Netherlands, the name for the Frisian department was . In English, both "Frisia" and "Friesland" may be inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]