Where does “*rīdan” come from?

*rīdan (Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Ancestry of “*rīdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “*rīdan”

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