Where does “cloud-ridden” come from?

cloud-ridden (English) comes from English ridden, from English ride, from Middle English riden, from Old English 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.

cloud-ridden (English): Full of clouds; During which the sky is full of...

Definitions

  1. Full of clouds; During which the sky is full of...

Ancestry of “cloud-ridden”, step by step

cloud-ridden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ridden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishriddenpast participle of ride; Full of; Oppressed,...
2EnglishrideTo transport oneself by sitting on and directing...
3Middle EnglishridenTo ride on a mount; to move on an animal; To use...
4Old Englishrīdanto ride
5Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
6Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English cloud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcloudA rock; boulder; a hill; A visible mass of water...
2Middle EnglishcloudA small elevation; a hill; A clod, lump, or...
3Old Englishclūdmass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder
4Proto-West Germanicklūt
5Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
6Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos
7Indo-European*gel-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-