Where does “moraalridder” come from?

moraalridder (Dutch) comes from Dutch ridder, from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

moraalridder (Dutch): moral crusader

Definitions

  1. moral crusader

Ancestry of “moraalridder”, step by step

moraalridder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ridder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchridderA knight; One of certain butterflies of the...
2Middle Dutchriddere
3Middle Dutchrîdere
4Old Dutchrīdere
5Old Dutchrīdanto ride
6Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
7Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch moraal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmoraalmoral, morals; morale, motivation; Obsolete form...
2Frenchmoralmorale, optimism; moral
3Middle Frenchmoral
4Old Frenchmoral
5LatinmōrālisOf or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral
6Latin-ālis
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną
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