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Where does “reënval” come from?

reënval (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch regenval, 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.

reënval (Afrikaans): rainfall

Definitions

  1. rainfall

Ancestry of “reënval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchregenvalrainfall
2Dutchregenrain
3Middle Dutchrēgen—
4Old Dutchreganrain
5Proto-West Germanicregnrain
6Proto-Germanicregnąrain
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow
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