Where does “riddarapeð” come from?
riddarapeð (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.
riddarapeð (Icelandic): knight's pawn
Definitions
- knight's pawn
Ancestry of “riddarapeð”, step by step
riddarapeð 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 peð
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | peð | pawn; pipsqueak, runt; a person of little... |
| 2 | Latin | pedes | a walker, one who walks; foot soldier,... |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |