Where does “ридати” come from?

ридати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic рыдати, from Proto-Slavic rydati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rūˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European HrewdH- — to weep.

ридати (Ukrainian): to blubber, to weep, to sob, to cry

Definitions

  1. to blubber, to weep, to sob, to cry

Ancestry of “ридати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicрыдати—
2Proto-Slavicrydatito weep, to wail
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrūˀd-—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewdH-to weep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European HrewdH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rūˀd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic rydati →