Where does “rit” come from?

rit (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch *rit, from Middle Low German rit, from Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

rit (Dutch): a ride on horseback or in a vehicle

Definitions

  1. a ride on horseback or in a vehicle

Ancestry of “rit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch*rit—
2Middle Low Germanrit—
3Germanic*rīdan—
4Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “rit”

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