English
Reeth
Reeth may come from Old English rīþ ‘place at the stream’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rīþ‘place at the stream’uncertain
- EnglishtodayReeth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rīþ‘place at the stream’uncertain
- EnglishtodayReeth
The story
Recorded in the Domesday Book as Rie and in 1184 as Rithe.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, stir’
run, original, ride, origin, earn, abortion, orient, abort, irritable, irritate, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 18 more
Today it means
name A village in Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0399).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English rīþ / Reeth