Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rannislō

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run, make flow”), causative of Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run, flow”), because a leak is what allows water to flow.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈranːisloː/

Noun

*rannislō f

a run (of liquid), leak

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rannislō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rannislō	*rannislôz
vocative	*rannislō	*rannislôz
accusative	*rannislǭ	*rannislōz
genitive	*rannislōz	*rannislǫ̂
dative	*rannislōi	*rannislōmaz
instrumental	*rannislō	*rannislōmiz

Related terms

*rinnaną
*rannijaną
*rannaz (“an attack”)

Descendants

Old Norse: renzl f or n
- Icelandic: rennsli n (“run, leak”)
>? German: Rinnsal n (“small stream”), (obsolete) rinsel, rintzl (“rennet”)

References

Seebold, Elmar (1970), “RENN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 376

[1] Seebold, Elmar (1970), “RENN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 376