Where does “bilgeboard” come from?

bilgeboard (English) comes from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

bilgeboard (English): A lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard

Definitions

  1. A lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard

Ancestry of “bilgeboard”, step by step

bilgeboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English board

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
2Englishboardridersurfer
3EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
4Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
5Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
6Old Englishrīdererider, knight
7Old Englishrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English bilge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbilgeThe rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a...
2EnglishbulgeSomething sticking out from a surface; a...
3Middle Englishbulgeleather bag; hump
4Old Northern Frenchboulgeleather bag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną