Where does “рицар” come from?
рицар (Bulgarian) comes from Russian ры́царь, from German ritter, from Middle High German ritter, from Dutch ridder, from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
рицар (Bulgarian): knight
Definitions
- knight
Ancestry of “рицар”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ры́царь | knight |
| 2 | German | ritter | knight |
| 3 | Middle High German | ritter | — |
| 4 | Dutch | ridder | A knight; One of certain butterflies of the... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |