ridder

ridder · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*krey-“to divide; part; separate; sift”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrīdrą
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hrīdrā
4. Old English · inherited fromhridder“sieve”
5. Middle English · inherited fromridder
6. English todayridder

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

ridder · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrīdrōną“to sieve; sift”
2. Old English · inherited fromhridrian
3. Middle English · inherited fromriddren
4. English todayridder

From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above.

ridder · noun³

From rid + -er.

Ridder · proper noun⁴

; surname

Words from the same roots