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

baulk, ridge
boundary, border, edge

Inflection

Declension 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