Where does “rēodan” come from?

rēodan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic reudan, from Proto-Germanic reudaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rēodan (Old English): to redden, make red

Definitions

  1. to redden, make red

Ancestry of “rēodan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicreudanto redden, to make red; to clear, to eradicate
2Proto-Germanicreudanąto redden, make red; to clear, eradicate, remove
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rēodan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →
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