Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rain

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rainaz, a variant of Proto-Germanic *rainō (“baulk, ridge”).

Noun

*rain m

1. baulk, ridge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rain
Genitive	*rainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rain	*rainō, *rainōs
Accusative	*rain	*rainā
Genitive	*rainas	*rainō
Dative	*rainē	*rainum
Instrumental	*rainu	*rainum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *rēn
  • Middle Low German: rein, reyn
    • >? German Low German: Rehm
• Old Dutch: *rēn, *rein
  • Middle Dutch: rein
    • Dutch: rein, reen
  • → Middle French: rain
    • French: rain
• Old High German: rein
  • Middle High German: rein
    • German: Rain