Today I Found Out

How Dick Came to be Short for Richard (2016x170)

Air date: Aug 19, 2016

→Subscribe for new vi→“Perfect Butt” https://youtu.be/oNiYmnJ_kVQ?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR The Real Moby Dick https://youtu.be/S8dYA3rbnmI?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: The name Richard is thought by most etymologists to derive from the Proto-Germanic ‘Rikharthu’, meaning more or less “hard ruler” (‘Rik-‘ meaning ‘ruler’ and ‘-harthu’ meaning ‘hard’). This was adopted into Old High German as ‘Ricohard’, and from there to Old French, then Old English as ‘Richeard’, and today as ‘Richard’. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/how-dick-came-to-be-short-for-richard/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1270760947/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1270760947 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dick http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2030/what-came-first-dick-or-dick http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dick http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2031/whats-the-origin-of-spotted-dick http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Richard&allowed_in_frame=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/katy-perrys-real-name-is-katheryn-hudson/