Where does “rede” come from?

rede (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German rēde, from Old Saxon giredi, from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

rede (Norwegian Bokmål): ready; prepared; a nest

Definitions

  1. ready; prepared; a nest

Ancestry of “rede”, step by step

rede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German rēde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrēde—
2Old Saxongirediapparatus, device
3Old Saxongīyou plural
4Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Old Norse hreiðr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehreiðrnest
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →