Where does “rider” come from?

rider (Cornish) comes from Ido ridar, from Old English hridder, from Proto-West Germanic hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą, from Proto-Germanic hrid-, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

rider (Cornish): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “rider”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoridarto laugh
2Old Englishhriddersieve
3Proto-West Germanichrīdrāsieve
4Proto-GermanichrīdrąAlternative form of *hrīdrǭ
5Proto-Germanichrid-to shake
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “rider”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrid- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą →
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