Where does “surfboard” come from?

I appreciate the careful instructions, but I need to flag an issue: the etymological chain provided shows only English → English → English repeatedly (board, back, backboard cycling), with no earlier languages represented. This doesn't constitute a genuine etymology—it's circular rather than showing origin. To write an accurate one-sentence summary per your rules, I would need a chain that includes at least one non-English language showing where these English words actually came from. For example, something like: English surfboard ← English surf + board ← Old English bord ← Proto-Germanic *bordaz, etc. Could you provide the complete etymological chain including the original language sources? Then I can write the summary following all your specifications precisely.

surfboard (English): A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood...

Definitions

  1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood...

Ancestry of “surfboard”, step by step

surfboard 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 surf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurfWaves that break on an ocean shoreline; An...

Words derived from “surfboard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną