Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regnabugô

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 *regną (“rain”) +‎ *bugô (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɣ.nɑˌbu.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*regnabugô m

1. rainbow

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *regnabugô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*regnabugô	*regnabuganiz
vocative	*regnabugô	*regnabuganiz
accusative	*regnabuganų	*regnabuganunz
genitive	*regnabuginiz	*regnabuganǫ̂
dative	*regnabugini	*regnabugammaz
instrumental	*regnabuginē	*regnabugammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *regnabogō
  • Old English: reġnboga, rēnboga
    • Middle English: reynbowe, raynbowe, raynebowe, rayne-bowe, reinbow, reinbowe, rein-bowe, reynebawe, reynebow, reynebowe; rainbou, rainbow, rayn-boghe (Northern)
      • English: rainbow
      • Scots: rainbow
  • Old Frisian: reinboga
    • Saterland Frisian: Rienbooge
    • West Frisian: reinbôge
  • Old Saxon: *reganbogo
    • Middle Low German: regenboge, regensboge
      • German Low German: Regenboog
      • Low German: Regenbaag, Regenbagen
      • Plautdietsch: Räajenboagen
  • Old Dutch: *reganbogo
    • Middle Dutch: rēgenbōge
      • Dutch: regenboog
        • Afrikaans: reënboog
  • Old High German: reginbogo, reganbogo
    • Middle High German: regenboge, rëgenboge
      • German: Regenbogen
      • Hunsrik: Rehnbohe
      • Luxembourgish: Reebou
      • Vilamovian: ranaböga, rȧnaböga, rȧnböga, raenaböga, rǡnabȫga
      • Yiddish: רעגנבויגן (regnboygn)
• Old Norse: regnbogi
  • Icelandic: regnbogi
  • Faroese: regnbogi
  • Norwegian: regnboge, regnbue
  • Old Swedish: ræghnbughi, ræghnboghi
    • Swedish: regnbåge
  • Danish: regnbue
  • Elfdalian: raingenbugi
  • Gutnish: regnbuge, regnbugi