Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regnabugô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *regnaz (“rain”) +‎ *bugô (“bow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈreɣ.nɑˌbu.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*regnabugô m

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

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: regenboge, rēghenbōghe
  - Dutch: regenboog
    - Afrikaans: reënboog
Old High German: reganbogo, reginbogo
- Middle High German: rëgenboge
  - German: Regenbogen
  - 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