Where does “באָרדער” come from?

באָרדער (Yiddish) comes from English boarder, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

באָרדער (Yiddish): boarder someone who pays for meals and lodging at a house

Definitions

  1. boarder someone who pays for meals and lodging at a house

Ancestry of “באָרדער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboarderA pupil who lives at school during term time;...
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-