Where does “nadrotmistr” come from?
nadrotmistr (Czech) comes from Czech rotmistr, from German Rittmeister, from German ritt, from German reiten, from Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.
nadrotmistr (Czech): first sergeant
Definitions
- first sergeant
Ancestry of “nadrotmistr”, step by step
nadrotmistr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech rotmistr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | rotmistr | technical sergeant |
| 2 | German | Rittmeister | A cavalry officer |
| 3 | German | ritt | first/third-person singular preterite of reiten |
| 4 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | rīten | to ride |
| 6 | Old High German | rītan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Czech nad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | nad | + "instrumental"; above |
| 2 | Old Czech | nad | denotes movement; to over, to above |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | nadъ | over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nōda | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nō-dʰh₁-o-m | — |