Where does “ridderspore” come from?
ridderspore (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ridder, from Middle Low German ridder, 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 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ridderspore (Norwegian Bokmål): a knight's spur
Definitions
- a knight's spur
Ancestry of “ridderspore”, step by step
ridderspore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ridder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ridder | a knight |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ridder | a knight, an armored professional soldier usually... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Norwegian Bokmål spore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | spore | a spur; a spore; to trace, track |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σπορά | seed |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σπείρω | I sow; nominative/accusative/vocative dual of... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | spéřřō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spéryeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sper- | to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to... |