Where does “tijdrijder” come from?

tijdrijder (Dutch) comes from Dutch tijdrijden, from Dutch rijden, from Middle Dutch rîden, from Old Dutch rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

tijdrijder (Dutch): a participant in time trial

Definitions

  1. a participant in time trial

Ancestry of “tijdrijder”, step by step

tijdrijder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch tijdrijden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtijdrijdento participate in a time trial, to race against the clock
2Dutchrijdento ride; to drive
3Middle Dutchrîdento ride
4Old Dutchrīdanto ride
5Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
6Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-