Where does “kidder” come from?

kidder (English) comes from English kid, from Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið, from Proto-Germanic kidją, from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- — kid, goatling, little goat.

kidder (English): One who kids, or teases light-heartedly; A term...

Definitions

  1. One who kids, or teases light-heartedly; A term...

Ancestry of “kidder”, step by step

kidder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkidA young goat; Of a female goat, the state of...
2Middle Englishkidekid, young goat; kid meat, the meat of a young...
3Old Norsekiða goatling, kid
4Proto-Germanickidjąa goatling; kid
5Proto-Indo-Europeangidʰ-kid, goatling, little goat

via English kidderminster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkidderminsterA type of two-ply carpet
2EnglishKidderminstertraditionally associated with the cloth trade and the manufacture of carpets OS grid ref SO8376
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ-