Where does “ridderspoor” come from?

ridderspoor (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.

ridderspoor (Dutch): a spur (as) worn by a knight

Definitions

  1. a spur (as) worn by a knight

Ancestry of “ridderspoor”, step by step

ridderspoor 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 spoor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
2Middle Dutchspor
3Old Dutchsportrack, trace
4Proto-West Germanic*spor
5Proto-Germanicspurątrack
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-