Where does “vredladen” come from?
vredladen (Danish) comes from Danish vred, from Old Danish wreth, from Old Norse reiðr, from Middle Low German rēde, from Old Saxon giredi, from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz — you (plural).
vredladen (Danish): irritable, ill-tempered, fretful
Definitions
- irritable, ill-tempered, fretful
Ancestry of “vredladen”, step by step
vredladen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish vred
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | vred | angry; past tense of vride |
| 2 | Old Danish | wreth | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | reiðr | angry |
| 4 | Middle Low German | rēde | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | giredi | apparatus, device |
| 6 | Old Saxon | gī | you plural |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jiʀ | you |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via Danish laden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | laden | verbal noun to lade singular definite form only, letting, having, making, seeming, pretending |