Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/regnadrupô

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

From *regną +‎ *drupô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɣ.nɑˌdru.pɔːː/

Noun

*regnadrupô m

1. raindrop

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *regnadrupô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*regnadrupô	*regnadrupaniz
vocative	*regnadrupô	*regnadrupaniz
accusative	*regnadrupanų	*regnadrupanunz
genitive	*regnadrupiniz	*regnadrupanǫ̂
dative	*regnadrupini	*regnadrupammaz
instrumental	*regnadrupinē	*regnadrupammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *regnadropō
  • Old English: reġndropa
    • Middle English: reyn-drope, rein-drope, rayn droppe
      • English: raindrop
      • Scots: rayndrap
  • Old Frisian: *reindropa
    • Saterland Frisian: Riendroupe, Riendruppe
    • West Frisian: reindrip
  • Old Saxon: *regindropo, *regandropo
    • Middle Low German: rēgendrōpe, rēgendroppe
      • German Low German: Regendrüpp
      • Plautdietsch: Räajendrepp
  • Old Dutch: *regandropo
    • Middle Dutch: regendrup, regendrop
      • Dutch: regendruppel, regendroppel
        • Afrikaans: reëndruppel
      • Limburgish: regendröppel
  • Old High German: regantropfo
    • Middle High German: regentropfe
      • German: Regentropfen
      • Luxembourgish: Reendrëps
• Old Norse: *regndropi
  • Icelandic: regndropi
  • Faroese: regndropi
  • Norwegian: regndråpe
  • Swedish: regndroppe
  • Danish: regndråbe
  • Elfdalian: raingendrupi, raingendrupå
  • Gutnish: regndrupe, regndrupa