Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regnabogō

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 *regnabugô. Equivalent to *regn +‎ *bogō.

Noun

*regnabogō m

1. rainbow

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regnabogō
Genitive	*regnabogini, *regnabogan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regnabogō	*regnabogan
Accusative	*regnabogan	*regnabogan
Genitive	*regnabogini, *regnabogan	*regnaboganō
Dative	*regnabogini, *regnabogan	*regnabogum
Instrumental	*regnabogini, *regnabogan	*regnabogum

Descendants

• Old English: reġnboga, rēnboga
  • Middle English: renboge, reinboȝe, reinbowe
    • Scots: raynbow, ranebow
    • English: 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)