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Where does “reynir” come from?

reynir (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse reynir, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

reynir (Icelandic): rowan, mountain ash; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. rowan, mountain ash; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “reynir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsereynirrowan tree; second-person singular present...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →