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
Ancestry of “rietsuiker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | riet | reed |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | riet | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | riet | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hreud | reed |