Where does “reiðr” come from?

reiðr (Old Norse) 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).

reiðr (Old Norse): angry

Definitions

  1. angry

Ancestry of “reiðr”, step by step

reiðr 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 vreiðr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevreiðrangry, wroth
2Proto-Germanicwraiþaztwisted, bent out of shape, anxious; extremely...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyt-to twist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “reiðr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →