English

reedwork

From reed + work.

A compound of reed + work

Proto-West Germanic *hreud

Old English hrēod ‘a reed’

Middle English red ‘reed, flax (plant)’

English reed

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun Collectively, the reed stops of an organ.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / reedwork