*rainō

Runic: ᚱᚨᛁᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈrɑi̯.nɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *rey- (‘to cut, scratch, tear’).

*rain (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rēn, *rein (Old Dutch)
  - rein (Middle Dutch)
    - rein, reen (Dutch)
*rain (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rēn, *rein (Old Dutch)
  - rain (Middle French)
    - rain (French)
*rain (Proto-West Germanic)
- rein (Old High German)
  - rein (Middle High German)
    - Rain (German)
*rain (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rēn (Old Saxon)
  - rein, reyn (Middle Low German)
    - Rehm (German Low German)
rein (Old Norse)
- rein (Faroese)
- rein (Icelandic)
- rein, ren (Norwegian)
- ren, rain (Swedish)
rein (Old Norse)
- rein, reyn, rayn (Middle English)
  - rean, rain, rane, rene, reend (English)
  - reind, rhind, rind (Scots)
rein (Old Norse)
- rēn (Old Danish)
  - ren (Danish)