Where does “rietzanger” come from?

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

rietzanger (Dutch): the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Definitions

  1. the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Ancestry of “rietzanger”, step by step

rietzanger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch riet

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

via Dutch zanger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzangersinger, songster
2Middle Dutchsanger—

Words derived from “rietzanger”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old Dutch riet →Every word from Middle Dutch riet →
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