Where does “multireed” come from?

multireed (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.

multireed (English): Of or relating to more than one reed, as in a...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to more than one reed, as in a...

Ancestry of “multireed”, step by step

multireed 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 multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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