reidh-

To ride.

Derivatives include raid, road, and array.

I. Basic form *reidh-.

1. ride, from Old English rīdan, to ride, from Germanic *rīdan.

2. palfrey, from Latin verēdus, post horse, from Celtic *wo-rēd- (*wo-, under; see upo).

II. O-grade form *roidh-.

1.

a. raid, road, from Old English rād, a riding, road, from Germanic *raid-;

b. raddle¹, from Middle High German reidel, rod between upright stakes (< “wooden horse”), possibly from Germanic *raid- (see a).

2. Probably Germanic *raid-ja-. ready; already, from Old English ræde, geræde, ready (< “prepared for a journey”).

3. Probably Germanic *raidjan. raiment; array, curry¹, from Vulgar Latin *-rēdāre, to arrange.

 

[Pokorny reidh- 861.]

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