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

  1. row, line; row; line, queue of people waiting for...

Ancestry of “rij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchrië—
2Old Dutchrīarow, line
3Proto-West Germanicrīhanto line up, to string together
4Proto-Germanicrīhanąto line up, to string together
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyḱto break, scratch

Words derived from “rij”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyḱ →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīhaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rīhan →