Where does “reiger” come from?
reiger (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch reiger, from Old Dutch heigero, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.
reiger (Dutch): heron, waterbird of the family Ardeidae
Definitions
- heron, waterbird of the family Ardeidae
Ancestry of “reiger”, step by step