Etymology

ridge

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Today it means: The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped. Full definition →

Middle English rigge ← Old English hryċġ ← Proto-West Germanic *hrugi
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ridge · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)krewk-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrugjaz“back”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hrugi
  4. Old English · inherited fromhryċġ“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromrigge
  6. English todayridge

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).

Ridge · proper noun2

From ridge. Originating from Middle English.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhryċġ all →

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