Where does “Ried” come from?

Ried (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German reda, from Proto-Germanic raþjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Ried (Luxembourgish): speech, address, talk; language, speech;...

Definitions

  1. speech, address, talk; language, speech;...

Ancestry of “Ried”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanreda—
2Proto-Germanicraþjǭaccount, reasoning
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic raþjǭ →