Where does “riet” come from?

riet (Middle High German) comes from Old High German riot, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

Ancestry of “riet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanriot—
2Proto-West Germanichreudreed

Words derived from “riet”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old High German riot →
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