Where does “rij” come from?
rij (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch rië, from Old Dutch rīa, from Proto-West Germanic rīhan, from Proto-Germanic rīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyḱ — to break, scratch.
rij (Dutch): row, line; row; line, queue of people waiting for...
Definitions
- row, line; row; line, queue of people waiting for...
Ancestry of “rij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | rië | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | rīa | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | rīhan | to line up, to string together |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rīhaną | to line up, to string together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reyḱ | to break, scratch |