Where does “reedgrass” come from?
reedgrass (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.
reedgrass (English): Any of the grasses in the genus "Calamagrostis"
Definitions
- Any of the grasses in the genus "Calamagrostis"
Ancestry of “reedgrass”, step by step
reedgrass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reed | Any of various types of tall stiff perennial... |
| 2 | English | Red | A Communist; A supporter of a sports team who... |
| 3 | English | rede | Help, advice, counsel; Decision, a plan; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | reden | to counsel, advise; to study; to read |
| 5 | Old English | rǣdan | to read, interpret; to counsel, advise; plot,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rādan | to advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English grass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |