Where does “tempelridder” come from?
tempelridder (Dutch) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ridder, from Middle Low German 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 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
tempelridder (Dutch): A Knight Templar, knightly member of the Templar...
Definitions
- A Knight Templar, knightly member of the Templar...
Ancestry of “tempelridder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ridder | a knight |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ridder | a knight, an armored professional soldier usually... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rīdan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |