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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rinnaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥-néw-ti (to flow, move, run); outside of Germanic, it is also the source of Middle Irish rian (river, way), Proto-Slavic *rěka (river), Latin rivus (stream), Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, course, way), रीणाति (rīṇāti, causes to flow) and Gaulish Rēnos (that which flows), which is the source of the German river Rhine.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rinnaną

  1. to run, to rush (move quickly)
  2. (of liquid) to flow

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Many of these descendants have taken the present stem ren- from the causative.

References

  1. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic : A Linguistic History, Volume 1
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