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

Words derived from “ried”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old High German riot →Every word from Middle High German riet →