Where does “ridepisk” come from?

ridepisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ride, 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.

ridepisk (Norwegian Bokmål): a riding crop, riding whip, horsewhip

Definitions

  1. a riding crop, riding whip, horsewhip

Ancestry of “ridepisk”, step by step

ridepisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ride

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrideto ride
2Old Norseríðato ride
3Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Norwegian Bokmål pisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpiska whip; imperative of piske
2Norwegian Bokmålpisketo whip; to whip or whisk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną →