Etymology

reeden

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Today it means: Made from reeds. Full definition →

Middle English reeden ← Old English *hrēoden ← Proto-West Germanic *hriudīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hriudīn“made of reed”
  2. Old English · inherited from*hrēoden
  3. Middle English · inherited fromreeden
  4. English todayreeden

From Middle English reeden, reden, from Old English *hrēoden, *hrīeden (attested in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *hriudīn (“made of reed”), equivalent to reed + -en (“made of”). Cognate with West Frisian reiden (“made of reed”), Dutch rieten (“made of reed”).

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