Where does “rietsuiker” come from?

rietsuiker (Dutch) comes from Dutch riet, from Middle Dutch riet, from Old Dutch riet, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

rietsuiker (Dutch): cane sugar

Definitions

  1. cane sugar

Ancestry of “rietsuiker”, step by step

rietsuiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch riet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrietreed
2Middle Dutchriet—
3Old Dutchrietreed
4Proto-West Germanichreudreed

via Dutch suiker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsuikersugar
2Middle Dutchsuicker—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old Dutch riet →Every word from Middle Dutch riet →