Where does “ridder” come from?

ridder (Middle English) 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.

Ancestry of “ridder”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ridder”

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