Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryCondensed water falling from a cloud. · Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops. · An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match. Cognates Cognate with Yola rhyne, ryne (“rain”), North Frisian Riin, rin (“rain”), Saterland Frisian Rien (“rain”), West Frisian rein (“rain”), Dutch regen (“rain”), Limburgish raenger, Rään (“rain”), German Low German Regen, Ręgen, Rägen (“rain”), Luxembourgish Reen (“rain”), German Regen (“rain”), Mòcheno reng (“rain”), Vilamovian raan (“rain”), Alemannic German regu, räge, rägä (“rain”), Bavarian Regn, rein (“rain”), Cimbrian regan, réego, reng (“rain”), Yiddish רעגן (regn, “rain”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish regn (“rain”), Crimean Gothic reghen (“rain”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionreynenm
- Inherited-form mentionreġnang
- Inherited-form mention*regngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*regnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*Hreǵ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionrhyneyol
- Cognate mentionRiinfrr
- Cognate mentionRienstq · rain
- Cognate mentionreinfy · rain
- Cognate mentionregennl · rain
- Cognate mentionraengerli
- Cognate mentionReenlb · rain
- Cognate mentionRegende · rain
- Cognate mentionrengmhn · rain
- Cognate mentionraanwym · rain
- Cognate mentionregugsw
- Cognate mentionRegnbar
- Cognate mentionregancim
- Cognate mentionרעגןyi · rain
- Cognate mentionreghengme-cgo · rain
- Cognate mention𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽got · rain
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