Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rannislō
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *rannijaną (“to make run, make flow”), causative of *rinnaną (“to run, flow”), because a leak is what allows water to flow.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*rannislō f
Inflection[edit]
ō-stemDeclension of *rannislō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *rannislō | *rannislôz | |
vocative | *rannislō | *rannislôz | |
accusative | *rannislǭ | *rannislōz | |
genitive | *rannislōz | *rannislǫ̂ | |
dative | *rannislōi | *rannislōmaz | |
instrumental | *rannislō | *rannislōmiz |
Related terms[edit]
- *rinnaną
- *rannijaną
- *rannaz (“an attack”)
Descendants[edit]
- Old Norse: renzl f or n
- Icelandic: rennsli n (“run, leak”)
- >? German: Rinnsal n (“small stream”), (obsolete) rinsel, rintzl (“rennet”)
References[edit]
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “RENN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 376