Where does “Reedie” come from?

Reedie (English) comes from English reed, from English Red, from English rede, from Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Reedie (English): A student of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, United States

Definitions

  1. A student of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, United States

Ancestry of “Reedie”, step by step

Reedie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English reed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreedAny of various types of tall stiff perennial...
2EnglishRedA Communist; A supporter of a sports team who...
3EnglishredeHelp, advice, counsel; Decision, a plan; To...
4Middle Englishredento counsel, advise; to study; to read
5Old Englishrǣdanto read, interpret; to counsel, advise; plot,...
6Proto-West Germanicrādanto advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,...
7Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishieAlternative form of i.e
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-