Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regnawatōr

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

Compound of *regną (“rain”) +‎ *watōr (“water”).

Noun

*regnawatōr n

rainwater

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *regnawatar
- Old English: reġnwæter, rēnwæter
  - Middle English: rein water, reyn water, reyne water, rayne water, rayn water
    - English: rainwater
- Old Frisian: *reinweter
  - West Frisian: reinwetter
- Old Saxon: *reganwater
  - Middle Low German: *regenwāter
    - Plautdietsch: Räajenwota
- Old Dutch: *reganwatar
  - Middle Dutch: regenwater
    - Dutch: regenwater
- Old High German: reganwazar
  - Middle High German: rëgenwaȥȥer
    - German: Regenwasser
    - Yiddish: רעגן־וואַסער‎ (regn-vaser)
Old Norse: regnvatn
- Icelandic: regnvatn
- Norwegian: regnvann
- Swedish: regnvatten
- Danish: regnvand