An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Enterich

by Friedrich Kluge

Enterich (Suabian antrecht), masculine, ‘drake,’ a modification of Middle High German antreche, Old High German antrahho (Danish andrik); probably the correct form is *anutirahho?. In Low German simply Drake, equivalent to English drake, which has certainly nothing to do with Drache, ‘dragon,’ Latin draco. Other terms for drake are Low German erpel in Pomerania, weddik in Mecklenburg, and wart in Holstein, all of obscure origin. Note further Swiss and Bavarian Entvogel for Enterich.