Where does “Ritterrüstung” come from?
Ritterrüstung (German) comes from German ritter, from Middle High German ritter, from Dutch 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.
Ritterrüstung (German): suit of armor
Definitions
- suit of armor
Ancestry of “Ritterrüstung”, step by step
Ritterrüstung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ritter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ritter | knight |
| 2 | Middle High German | ritter | — |
| 3 | Dutch | ridder | A knight; One of certain butterflies of the... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 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 |
via German Rüstung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rüstung | armour, armor; armament |
| 2 | German | rüsten | to equip, to arm; to prepare, make ready |
| 3 | Old High German | rusten | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrustijan | to adorn, decorate; to equip |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |