Where does “roofridder” come from?
roofridder (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.
roofridder (Dutch): robber baron
Ancestry of “roofridder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | ridder | A knight; One of certain butterflies of the... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rīdan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |