Where does “ridder” come from?

ridder (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Dutch riddere, from Middle Dutch rîdere, from Old Dutch rīdere, from Old Dutch 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.

ridder (Middle Low German): a knight, an armored professional soldier usually...

Definitions

  1. a knight, an armored professional soldier usually...

Ancestry of “ridder”, step by step

ridder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch riddere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchriddere—
2Middle Dutchrîdere—
3Old Dutchrīdere—
4Old Dutchrīdanto ride
5Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
6Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Middle Low German rider

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanridera rider
2Middle Low Germanrîdenride
3Old Saxonrīdanto ride

Words derived from “ridder”

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