Where does “mareridt” come from?
mareridt (Danish) comes from Danish ridt, 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, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
mareridt (Danish): nightmare, bad dream; nightmare, very bad...
Definitions
- nightmare, bad dream; nightmare, very bad...
Ancestry of “mareridt”, step by step
mareridt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish ridt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ridt | ride |
| 2 | German | ritt | first/third-person singular preterite of reiten |
| 3 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | rīten | to ride |
| 5 | Old High German | rītan | to ride |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Danish mare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | mare | incubus, succubus |
| 2 | Old Norse | mara | nightmare, incubus; to be waterlogged, float low... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | marǭ | evil spirit; succubus; incubus; nightmare |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mor- | to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot; to rub, pound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |