Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *regną.

Noun

*regn m[1]

rain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regn
Genitive	*regnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regn	regnō, regnōs
Accusative	*regn	*regnā
Genitive	*regnas	*regnō
Dative	*regnē	*regnum
Instrumental	*regnu	*regnum

Derived terms

*regnabogō
*regnaskūr
*regnawatar
*regnawurmi
*rignijan

Descendants

Old English: reġn, rēn, reġen
- Middle English: ren, reȝn, reyn, rein
  - English: rain
  - Scots: rayn, rane
  - Yola: rhyne
Old Frisian: rein
- Saterland Frisian: Rien
- West Frisian: rein
Old Saxon: regan, regin
- Middle Low German: rēgen
  - German Low German: Regen
  - Plautdietsch: Räajen
- → Transylvanian Saxon: Reen
Old Dutch: regan
- Middle Dutch: rēgen
  - Dutch: regen
    - Afrikaans: reën
    - Negerhollands: regen, regn, rign, regon
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: regen, ragin
  - Limburgish: raenger
  - West Flemish: rin, rein
Old High German: regan, regin
- Middle High German: rëgen
  - Alemannic German:
    Alsatian: Raga
    Italian Walser: regu, räge, rägä
    Swabian: Räaga
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: réego, regan, reng
    Mòcheno: reng
    Udinese: regn, rein
  - Central Franconian: Rään
    Hunsrik: Rehn
    Luxembourgish: Reen
  - East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: reeng [ˈɣeːŋ]
    Vilamovian: raan
  - German: Regen
  - Rhine Franconian: Raje, Raane, Räje, Rääche, Rään, Rääne, Rääsche, Reche, Ree, Reen, Reesche, Reje, Resche, Riin
    Frankfurterisch: Rääsche [ʀɛːʒ̥ə]
    Pennsylvania German: Regge
  - Yiddish: רעגן‎ (regn)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212: “PWGmc *regn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212: “PWGmc *regn”