Where does “Reet” come from?

Reet (Low German) comes from Middle Low German rêt, from Old Saxon hriod, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

Ancestry of “Reet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrêt
2Old Saxonhriod
3Proto-West Germanichreudreed

Words derived from “Reet

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud