Where does “Ridd” come from?

Ridd (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German rudo, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô — snot.

Ridd (Luxembourgish): male dog

Definitions

  1. male dog

Ancestry of “Ridd”, step by step

Ridd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German rudo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrudo—
2Proto-Germanic*hruþjôsnot

via Hungarian rí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianríto weep; to say something while weeping
Every word from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô →Every word from Old High German rudo →