Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rignijaną

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

From *regną (“rain”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*rignijaną

1. (impersonal) to rain

Inflection

Conjugation of *rignijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rignijō	*rignijaų	—	*rignijai	?
2nd singular	*rignīsi	*rignijais	*rignī	*rignijasai	*rignijaisau
3rd singular	*rignīþi	*rignijai	*rignijaþau	*rignijaþai	*rignijaiþau
1st dual	*rignijōs	*rignijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rignijaþiz	*rignijaiþiz	*rignijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rignijamaz	*rignijaim	—	*rignijanþai	*rignijainþau
2nd plural	*rignīþ	*rignijaiþ	*rignīþ	*rignijanþai	*rignijainþau
3rd plural	*rignijanþi	*rignijain	*rignijanþau	*rignijanþai	*rignijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rignidǭ	*rignidēdį̄
2nd singular	*rignidēz	*rignidēdīz
3rd singular	*rignidē	*rignidēdī
1st dual	*rignidēdū	*rignidēdīw
2nd dual	*rignidēdudiz	*rignidēdīdiz
1st plural	*rignidēdum	*rignidēdīm
2nd plural	*rignidēdud	*rignidēdīd
3rd plural	*rignidēdun	*rignidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*rignijandz	*rignidaz

Related terms

• *regnōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rignijan
  • Old English: riġnan, rīnan
    • Middle English: rinen, rynen
  • Old Frisian: reina
    • Saterland Frisian: riene
    • West Frisian: reine
  • Old High German: *reganen
    • ⇒ Old High German: gireganen
      • Middle High German: geregenen
• Old Norse: rigna
  • Icelandic: rigna
  • Faroese: rigna
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rignjan)