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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regną
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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
Etymology
Unknown,[1] possibly from earlier *Hréģʰ-no-.[2] May be cognate with Latin rigō and Albanian rrjedh, but this is uncertain.[2]
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *regną (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *regną | *regnō | |
| vocative | *regną | *regnō | |
| accusative | *regną | *regnō | |
| genitive | *regnas, *rignis | *regnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rignai | *regnamaz | |
| instrumental | *regnō | *regnamiz | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *regn m
- Old English: reġn, rēn, reġen
- Old Frisian: rein
- Old Saxon: regan, regin
- Old Dutch: regan
- Old High German: regan, regin
- Middle High German: rëgen
- Alemannic German:
- Bavarian: Regn
- Central Franconian: Rään
- 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)
- Middle High German: rëgen
- Old Norse: regn
- East Germanic
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*regna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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