Where does “vliesridder” come from?

vliesridder (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.

vliesridder (Dutch): a knight who is a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Definitions

  1. a knight who is a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Ancestry of “vliesridder”, step by step

vliesridder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ridder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchridderA knight; One of certain butterflies of the...
2Middle Dutchriddere
3Middle Dutchrîdere
4Old Dutchrīdere
5Old Dutchrīdanto ride
6Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
7Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch vlies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvliesfilm, thin layer; membrane; fleece
2Middle Dutchvliesfleece; thin skin, membrane
3Old Dutchflios
4Proto-West Germanicfleusfleece
5Proto-Germanicfleusaz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplews-to pluck, a feather, fleece; to pull out, pluck
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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