Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regnawatōr

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

Compound of *regną (“rain”) +‎ *watōr (“water”).

Noun

*regnawatōr n

1. rainwater

Descendants

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