Where does “Rainer” come from?
Rainer (English) comes from English rain, from Middle English reyn, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.
Rainer (English): That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower
Definitions
- That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower
Ancestry of “Rainer”, step by step
Rainer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rain | Condensed water falling from a cloud; Any matter... |
| 2 | Middle English | reyn | rain water falling from a cloud |
| 3 | Old English | reġn | rain |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | regn | rain |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | regną | rain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreǵ- | to flow |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |