Where does “rīa” come from?

rīa (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic rīhan, from Proto-Germanic rīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyḱ — to break, scratch.

rīa (Old Dutch): row, line

Definitions

  1. row, line

Ancestry of “rīa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrīhanto line up, to string together
2Proto-Germanicrīhanąto line up, to string together
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyḱto break, scratch

Words derived from “rīa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyḱ →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīhaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rīhan →