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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrainiþō
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hrainiz (“clean, not dirty, pure”) + *-iþō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxrɑi̯.ni.θɔː/
Noun
*hrainiþō f[1]
- purification, cleansing
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *hrainiþō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hrainiþō | *hrainiþôz | |
| vocative | *hrainiþō | *hrainiþôz | |
| accusative | *hrainiþǭ | *hrainiþōz | |
| genitive | *hrainiþōz | *hrainiþǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hrainiþōi | *hrainiþōmaz | |
| instrumental | *hrainiþō | *hrainiþōmiz | |
Descendants
- Old High German: hreinida
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 (unhrainiþa)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xrainiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 183