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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain,[1] possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-no-s, from a root *Hreǵʰ- (“to flow water”).[2] May be cognate with Latin rigō (“to irrigate, moisten”) and particularly Albanian rrjedh (“to flow”), but this is uncertain.[2]
Noun
[edit]*regną n
Inflection
[edit]| neuter a-stemDeclension of *regną (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *regną | *regnō | |
| vocative | *regną | *regnō | |
| accusative | *regną | *regnō | |
| genitive | *regnas, *rignis | *regnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *regnai | *regnamaz | |
| instrumental | *regnō | *regnamiz | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *regn m
- Old English: reġn, rēn, reġen
- Old Frisian: rein
- Old Saxon: regan, regin
- Old Dutch: regan
- Old High German: regan, regin
- Old Norse: regn
- East Germanic
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*regna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408