Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *regną.

Noun

*regn m

1. rain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regn
Genitive	*regnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regn	*regnō, *regnōs
Accusative	*regn	*regnā
Genitive	*regnas	*regnō
Dative	*regnē	*regnum
Instrumental	*regnu	*regnum

Derived terms

• *regnabogō
• *regnaskūr
• *regnawatar
• *regnawurmi
• *regnōn
• *rignijan

 

Descendants

• Old English: reġn, rēn, reġen
  • Middle English: ren, reȝn, reyn, rein
    • English: rain
    • Scots: rayn, rane
    • Yola: rhyne
• Old Frisian: rein
  • Saterland Frisian: Rien
  • West Frisian: rein
• Old Saxon: regan, regin
  • Middle Low German: rēgen
    • German Low German: Regen
    • Plautdietsch: Räajen
  • → Transylvanian Saxon: Reen
• Old Dutch: regan
  • Middle Dutch: rēgen
    • Dutch: regen
      • Afrikaans: reën
      • Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin
    • Limburgish: raenger
    • West Flemish: rin, rein
• Old High German: regan, regin
  • Middle High German: rëgen
    • Alemannic German:

      Alsatian: Raga

      Italian Walser: regu, räge, rägä

      Swabian: Räaga

    • Bavarian: Regn

      Cimbrian: réego, regan, reng

      Mòcheno: reng

      Udinese: regn, rein

    • Central Franconian: Rään

      Hunsrik: Rehn

      Luxembourgish: Reen

    • East Central German:

      Erzgebirgisch: reeng [ˈɣeːŋ]

      Vilamovian: raan

    • German: Regen
    • Rhine Franconian: Raje, Raane, Räje, Rääche, Rään, Rääne, Rääsche, Reche, Ree, Reen, Reesche, Reje, Resche, Riin

      Frankfurterisch: Rääsche [ʀɛːʒ̥ə]

      Pennsylvania German: Regge

    • Yiddish: רעגן (regn)