Where does “regndans” come from?

regndans (Danish) comes from Danish regn, from Old Swedish ræghn, from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.

regndans (Danish): rain dance

Definitions

  1. rain dance

Ancestry of “regndans”, step by step

regndans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish regn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishregnrain; imperative of regne
2Old Swedishræghn—
3Old Norseregnrain
4Proto-Germanicregnąrain
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow

via Danish dans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdansa dance
2Frenchdansedance; first-person singular present indicative...
3Frenchdanserto dance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic regną →Every word from Old Norse regn →