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
tempelridder traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ridder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to ride |
| 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 |
via Dutch tempel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tempel | A temple, building destined as place of worship;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tempel | — |
| 3 | Latin | templum | an open space for augural observation; open,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | t(e)mp-lo-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
via Dutch ridder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ridder | A knight; One of certain butterflies of the... |