Where does “roodrijder” come from?

roodrijder (Dutch) comes from Dutch rood, from Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

roodrijder (Dutch): a person who drives or rides through a red light (red traffic light)

Definitions

  1. a person who drives or rides through a red light (red traffic light)

Ancestry of “roodrijder”, step by step

roodrijder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch rood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchroodred; left, socialist, labor
2Middle Dutchrôotred
3Old Dutchrōt—
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Dutch rijden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrijdento ride; to drive
2Middle Dutchrîdento ride
3Old Dutchrīdanto ride
4Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
5Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →