Where does “Ritterschlag” come from?

Ritterschlag (German) comes from German Schlag, from Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Ritterschlag (German): accolade, knightly accolade

Definitions

  1. accolade, knightly accolade

Ancestry of “Ritterschlag”, step by step

Ritterschlag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlagblow, hit; beat
2Middle High Germanslac
3Old High Germanslag
4Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
5Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
6Low Germanslagge
7Middle Low Germanslagge
8Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
9Old Saxonslāhanto hit
10Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
11Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via German ritter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanritterknight
2Middle High Germanritter
3DutchridderA knight; One of certain butterflies of the...
4Middle Dutchriddere
5Middle Dutchrîdere
6Old Dutchrīdere
7Old Dutchrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-