Where does “Ried” come from?

Ried (German) comes from Middle High German riet, from Old High German riot, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

Ried (German): reed

Definitions

  1. reed

Ancestry of “Ried”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanriet—
2Old High Germanriot—
3Proto-West Germanichreudreed
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old High German riot →Every word from Middle High German riet →