Reiter

Etymology 1
From, , from. Not of Proto-Germanic age, but an OHG formation from the verb "to ride" (Anglo-Saxon  and Old Icelandic  are loans from OHG).

🇨🇬 has, with short vowel and geminate. 🇨🇬 forms seem to have varied between long and short vowel, vs. respectively, the latter giving rise to the separate word. Lachmann (1827) noted that Middle High German poetry avoided use of the word in rhyming position, indicating that the two forms were used interchangeably.

Noun

 * 1) rider one who rides a horse
 * 2)  mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier
 * 3)  tab navigational widget in a GUI
 * 1)  tab navigational widget in a GUI

Etymology 2
From, from , attested as glossing , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬); also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Early New High German forms reyter, raiter, reuter.

Noun

 * 1)  winnowing sieve