Where does “ride” come from?

ride (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ride (Norwegian Bokmål): to ride

Definitions

  1. to ride

Ancestry of “ride”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ride”

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