Where does “ridar” come from?

ridar (Ido) comes from Old English hridder, from Proto-West Germanic hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą, from Proto-Germanic hrid-, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

ridar (Ido): to laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh

Ancestry of “ridar”, step by step

ridar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hridder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhriddersieve
2Proto-West Germanichrīdrāsieve
3Proto-GermanichrīdrąAlternative form of *hrīdrǭ
4Proto-Germanichrid-to shake
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Esperanto ridi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoridito laugh
2Italianridereto laugh; to laugh at
3Late Latinrīdo—
4Latinrīdeōto laugh

Words derived from “ridar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrid- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą →