*Rīnaz

Runic: ᚱᛁᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈriː.nɑz/

proper noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

the river Rhine

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *reinos (‘river, waterway’). The vowel excludes a direct borrowing from Gaulish *Rēnos.

*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *Rīn (Old Dutch)
  - Rijn (Middle Dutch)
    - Rien (Limburgish)
*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *Rīn (Old Dutch)
  - Rijn (Middle Dutch)
    - Rijn, Rhijn (Dutch)
      - Ryn (Afrikaans)
*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- Rīn (Old English)
  - Rhine (English)
*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- Rīn (Old High German)
  - Rīn (Middle High German)
    - Rhein (German)
    - Rhoi, Rhei, Rhein, Rhien (Rhine Franconian)
*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- Rīn (Old High German)
  - Rīn (Middle High German)
    - Rhy (Alemannic German)
      - Rhãẽ (Swabian)
*Rīn (Proto-West Germanic)
- Rīn (Old High German)
  - Rīn (Middle High German)
    - Rheng, Rhing, Rhien, Rhein (Central Franconian)
      - Rhäin (Luxembourgish)
Rín (Old Norse)
- Rhinen (Danish)
- Rín (Faroese)
- Rín (Icelandic)
- Rhinen (Norwegian)
- Rhen (Swedish)