Where does “rider” come from?

rider (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German rîden, 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.

rider (Middle Low German): a rider

Definitions

  1. a rider

Ancestry of “rider”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrîdenride
2Old Saxonrīdanto ride
3Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
4Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “rider”

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