Where does “rië” come from?
rië (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch rīa, from Proto-West Germanic rīhan, from Proto-Germanic rīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyḱ — to break, scratch.
Ancestry of “rië”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | rīa | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | rīhan | to line up, to string together |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rīhaną | to line up, to string together |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reyḱ | to break, scratch |