Where does “reën” come from?
reën (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch regen, from Middle Dutch rēgen, from Old Dutch regan, from Proto-West Germanic regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.
reën (Afrikaans): rain; to rain
Ancestry of “reën”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | regen | rain |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rēgen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | regan | rain |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | regn | rain |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | regną | rain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreǵ- | to flow |