Where does “ridelle” come from?

ridelle (Middle English) comes from Old English hriddel, from Proto-West Germanic hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą, from Proto-Germanic hrid-, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

ridelle (Middle English): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “ridelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhriddelsieve
2Proto-West Germanichrīdrāsieve
3Proto-GermanichrīdrąAlternative form of *hrīdrǭ
4Proto-Germanichrid-to shake
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrid- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą →