Etymograph

English

reeding

Reeding comes from Middle English reden ‘to counsel, advise’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreh₁dʰ-1‘to think, arrange’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hréh₁dʰeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdaną2‘to advise, counsel’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rādan2‘to advise, counsel, help’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣdan2‘to advise, read’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reden3as redynge‘to counsel, advise’
  7. Englishtodayreeding3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *rēdaną
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Middle English reden
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English reeding

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreh₁dʰ-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *rēdaną‘to think, arrange’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hréh₁dʰetiWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *rēdanąreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdanąWiktionary, Middle English reden‘to advise, counsel’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rādanWiktionary, Middle English reden‘to advise, counsel, help’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣdanWiktionary, Middle English reden‘to advise, read’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500redenWiktionary, English reedingas redynge‘to counsel, advise’
  7. EnglishtodayreedingWiktionary, English reeding

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‘to advise, counsel’

raad, 3 more

through Proto-West Germanic *rādan ‘to advise, counsel, help’

riddle, 3 more

through Old English rǣdan ‘to advise, read’

reading, misread, 6 more

through Middle English reden ‘to counsel, advise’

read, rede, 2 more

Today it means

noun Thatching.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reeding”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *rēdaną, Middle English reden. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- / reeding

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