Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown,[1] possibly from earlier *Hréģʰ-no-.[2] May be cognate with Latin rigō and Albanian rrjedh, but this is uncertain.[2]
Noun edit
*regną n
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *regną (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *regną | *regnō | |
vocative | *regną | *regnō | |
accusative | *regną | *regnō | |
genitive | *regnas, *rignis | *regnǫ̂ | |
dative | *rignai | *regnamaz | |
instrumental | *regnō | *regnamiz |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *regn m
- Old English: reġn, rēn, reġen
- Old Frisian: rein
- Old Saxon: regan, regin
- Old Dutch: regan
- Old High German: regan, regin
- Old Norse: regn
- East Germanic
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*regna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408