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Where does “raincoater” come from?

raincoater (English) comes from English raincoat, 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.

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Ancestry of “raincoater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraincoatA waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; A...
2EnglishrainCondensed water falling from a cloud; Any matter...
3Middle Englishreyn—
4Old Englishreġnrain
5Proto-West Germanicregnrain
6Proto-Germanicregnąrain
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- →