Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rainō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, scratch, tear”).

Noun

*rainō f

1. baulk, ridge
2. boundary, border, edge

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rainō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rainō	*rainôz
vocative	*rainō	*rainôz
accusative	*rainǭ	*rainōz
genitive	*rainōz	*rainǫ̂
dative	*rainōi	*rainōmaz
instrumental	*rainō	*rainōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rain m
  • Old Saxon: *rēn
    • Middle Low German: rein, reyn
      • >? German Low German: Rehm
  • Old Dutch: *rēn, *rein
    • Middle Dutch: rein
      • Dutch: rein, reen
    • → Middle French: rain
      • French: rain
  • Old High German: rein
    • Middle High German: rein
      • German: Rain
• Old Norse: rein
  • Icelandic: rein
  • Faroese: rein
  • Norwegian: rein, ren
  • Swedish: ren f; ren, rain m (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: rēn
    • Danish: ren
  • → Middle English: rein, reyn, rayn
    • English: rean, rain, rane, rene, reend
    • Scots: reind, rhind, rind