Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrainijô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*wrainô

Etymology

From *wrainiz +‎ *-jô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑi̯.ni.jɔːː/

Noun

*wrainijô m

that which is in heat or rutting, especially a stallion or stud

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wrainijô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wrainijô	*wrainijaniz
vocative	*wrainijô	*wrainijaniz
accusative	*wrainijanų	*wrainijanunz
genitive	*wrainijiniz	*wrainijanǫ̂
dative	*wrainijini	*wrainijammaz
instrumental	*wrainijinē	*wrainijammiz

Related terms

*wrainiskaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wrainijō
- Old Saxon: wrēnio
  - Middle Low German: rūne, rune, ruhne, ruͤne, rūn, rūme, rōne
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: *wrenen, *wreinen (verb)
    - German Low German: wrenen, freinen
- Old Dutch: *wrēno
  - Middle Dutch: wrene
    - Dutch: wreen
    - → West Frisian: wreen
- → Late Latin: waranio, warannio, warangio, warinio, warrinio
  - Occitan: guaragnon
  - Italian: guaragno
  - Spanish: guarañon
- Old High German: wreinno, reinneo, reinno, reino
  - Middle High German: reine
    - German: Rein
Old Norse: vreini, reini
- Icelandic: reini
- ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: vrina, vrine (verb) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Swedish: vrina (verb) (dialectal)