*regnawatōr

Runic: ᚱᛖᚷᚾᚨᚹᚨᛏᛟᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈreɣ.nɑ.ˌwɑ.tɔːr/

noun · neuter · irregular

Meanings

rainwater

Etymology

Compound of *regną (‘rain’) + *watōr (‘water’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.regnawatōrregnawatnō
Acc.regnawatōrregnawatnō
Gen.regnawatinizregnawatnǫ̂
Dat.regnawatiniregnawatnamaz
Inst.regnawatinēregnawatnamiz
Voc.regnawatōrregnawatnō

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Descendants

  • *regnawatar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • reġnwæter, rēnwæter (Old English)
      • rein water, reyn water, reyne water, rayne water, rayn water (Middle English)
        • rainwater (English)
  • *regnawatar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • reganwazar (Old High German)
      • rëgenwaȥȥer (Middle High German)
        • Regenwasser (German)
        • רעגן־וואַסער (regn-vaser) (Yiddish)
  • *regnawatar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *reganwater (Old Saxon)
      • *regenwāter (Middle Low German)
        • Räajenwota (Plautdietsch)
  • regnvatn (Old Norse)
    • regnvatn (Icelandic)
    • regnvann (Norwegian)
    • regnvatten (Swedish)
  • regnvatn (Old Norse)
    • rægnwatn (Old Danish)
      • regnvand (Danish)

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