Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regną

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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

Unknown, possibly from earlier *Hréģʰ-no-. May be cognate with Latin rigō and Albanian rrjedh, but this is uncertain.

Noun

*regną n

  1. rain

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *regną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *regną *regnō
vocative *regną *regnō
accusative *regną *regnō
genitive *regnas, *rignis *regnǫ̂
dative *rignai *regnamaz
instrumental *regnō *regnamiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*regna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408