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Where does “hrēod” come from?

hrēod (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

Ancestry of “hrēod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichreudreed

Words derived from “hrēod”

  • reed
  • rede
  • reeded
  • reedbuck
  • reedlike
  • reedman
  • reedmace
  • reedgrass
  • redeless
  • reedling
  • reedfish
  • reedless
  • reedbird
  • reedwork
  • reedist
  • multireed
  • broken reed
  • reeds
  • multireedist
  • rede
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →