English
ridder
Ridder comes from Old English hridder ‘sieve’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīdrą‘sieve’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hridder‘sieve’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ridder
- Englishtodayridder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīdrą‘sieve’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hridder‘sieve’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ridder
- Englishtodayridder
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
secretary, certain, secret, crime, criminal, crisis, discrimination, discretion, critic, critique, discrete, discreet, discriminate, hypocrite, criterion, discern, endocrine, excrement, excretion, incriminate, excrete, incrimination, rime, recrimination, criterium, certitude, 47 more
through Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą ‘sieve’
Another origin of ridder
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīdrōną‘to sieve’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hridrian
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500riddren
- Englishtodayridder
Today it means
noun a sieve
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / ridder