Where does “rītan” come from?

rītan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

rītan (Old Dutch): to carve

Definitions

  1. to carve

Ancestry of “rītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
2Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull

Words derived from “rītan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrītan →