Where does “drottningarriddari” come from?
drottningarriddari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic riddari, 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.
drottningarriddari (Icelandic): queenside knight
Definitions
- queenside knight
Ancestry of “drottningarriddari”, step by step
drottningarriddari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic riddari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | riddari | 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 | 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 Icelandic drottning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | drottning | queen |
| 2 | Old Norse | dróttning | a mistress; a queen; a princess |
| 3 | Old Norse | dróttinn | a lord, master; a king, chief, heathen priest;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | drótt | a household, people; the host of the king's men,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | druhtiz | band of retainers, troop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |