Where does “rîden” come from?

rîden (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

rîden (Middle Low German): ride

Definitions

  1. ride

Ancestry of “rîden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonrīdanto ride
2Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
3Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “rîden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną →