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Where does “riet” come from?
riet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch riet, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.
Ancestry of “riet”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
riet
reed
2
Proto-West Germanic
hreud
reed
Words derived from “riet”
bamboo
bamboolike
riet
rietnesse
bamboe
rieten
rietsuiker
dakriet
Rietveld
rietkat
bamboes
rietzanger
rietdekker
rietgans
rietgors
бамбу́к
bamboeriet
bamboesriet
bambu
bambus
bambus
Bambus
bosrietzanger
waterrietzanger
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