Where does “reiger” come from?

reiger (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch heigero, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

Ancestry of “reiger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchheigeroheron
2Frankishhraigrōheron
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “reiger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Frankish hraigrō →