Where does “ridder” come from?

ridder (Dutch) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ridder (Dutch): A knight; One of certain butterflies of the...

Definitions

  1. A knight; One of certain butterflies of the...

Ancestry of “ridder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchriddere—
2Middle Dutchrîdere—
3Old Dutchrīdere—
4Old Dutchrīdanto ride
5Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
6Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “ridder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną →