Where does “ротмистр” come from?
ротмистр (Russian) comes from German Rittmeister, from German ritt, from German reiten, from Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ротмистр (Russian): captain
Ancestry of “ротмистр”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Rittmeister | A cavalry officer |
| 2 | German | ritt | first/third-person singular preterite of reiten |
| 3 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | rīten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rītan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |