Where does “rit” come from?

rit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German ried, from Middle High German riet, from Old High German riot, from Proto-West Germanic hreud — reed.

rit (Serbo-Croatian): butt; swamp, peat bog

Definitions

  1. butt; swamp, peat bog

Ancestry of “rit”, step by step

rit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ried

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanriedreed
2Middle High Germanriet—
3Old High Germanriot—
4Proto-West Germanichreudreed

via Proto-Slavic ritь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicritьbuttock
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrēyti-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hreud →Every word from Old High German riot →Every word from Middle High German riet →