Etymology

Reitan

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Today it means: A surname from Norwegian. Full definition →

Norwegian Reitan
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  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromReitan
  2. English todayReitan

Borrowed from Norwegian Reitan, which derives from the plural form of reit (“farmstead”), itself from Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.