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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rinnaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥-néw-ti (“to flow, move, run”); outside of Germanic, it is also the source of Middle Irish rian (“river, way”), Proto-Slavic *rěka (“river”), Latin rivus (“stream”), Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, “course, way”), रीणाति (rīṇāti, “causes to flow”) and Gaulish Rēnos (“that which flows”), which is the source of the German river Rhine.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rinnaną

  1. to run, to rush (move quickly)
  2. (of liquid) to flow

Inflection
Conjugation of *rinnaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rinnō*rinnaų—*rinnai*?
2nd singular *rinnizi*rinnaiz*rinn*rinnazai*rinnaizau
3rd singular *rinnidi*rinnai*rinnadau*rinnadai*rinnaidau
1st dual *rinnōz*rinnaiw———
2nd dual *rinnadiz*rinnaidiz*rinnadiz——
1st plural *rinnamaz*rinnaim—*rinnandai*rinnaindau
2nd plural *rinnid*rinnaid*rinnid*rinnandai*rinnaindau
3rd plural *rinnandi*rinnain*rinnandau*rinnandai*rinnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rann*runnį̄
2nd singular *rannt*runnīz
3rd singular *rann*runnī
1st dual *runnū*runnīw
2nd dual *runnudiz*runnīdiz
1st plural *runnum*runnīm
2nd plural *runnud*runnīd
3rd plural *runnun*runnīn
present past
participles *rinnandz*runnanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Many of these descendants have taken the present stem ren- from the causative.

References
  1. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic : A Linguistic History, Volume 1
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