Where does “red” come from?

red (Polish) comes from Polish reda, from German Reede, 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).

red (Polish): genitive plural of reda

Definitions

  1. genitive plural of reda

Ancestry of “red”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishredaroadstead
2GermanReederoadstead
3Middle Low Germanrēde—
4Old Saxongirediapparatus, device
5Old Saxongīyou plural
6Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
7Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
8Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →