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Where does “rêt” come from?
rêt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hriod, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.
Ancestry of “rêt”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
hriod
—
2
Proto-West Germanic
hreud
reed
Words derived from “rêt”
Reet
Reet
Reetdach
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →
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