Where does “Reederei” come from?

Reederei (German) comes from German Reeder, from German Reede, from Middle Low German rēde, from Old Saxon giredi, from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

Reederei (German): shipping company

Definitions

  1. shipping company

Ancestry of “Reederei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReedershipowner
2GermanReederoadstead
3Middle Low Germanrēde—
4Old Saxongirediapparatus, device
5Old Saxongīyou plural
6Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
7Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
8Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →
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