Where does “killboard” come from?

killboard (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.

killboard (English): A table that ranks players by number of kills

Definitions

  1. A table that ranks players by number of kills

Ancestry of “killboard”, step by step

killboard 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 kill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkillTo put to death; to extinguish the life of; To...
2Middle Englishkillen
3Old Englishcwellanto kill; to slay
4Proto-West Germanickwalljanto make suffer, to hurt
5Proto-Germanickwaljanąto make suffer, to hurt
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną
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