Where does “ritari” come from?
ritari (Finnish) comes from Swedish riddare, from Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder, from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ritari (Finnish): knight
Ancestry of “ritari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | riddare | a knight |
| 2 | Old Norse | riddari | knight, mounted warrior; knight |
| 3 | Middle Low German | ridder | a knight, an armored professional soldier usually... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdan | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “ritari”