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Where does “rainfallwise” come from?

rainfallwise (English) comes from English rainfall, 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.

rainfallwise (English): With respect to rainfall

Definitions

  1. With respect to rainfall

Ancestry of “rainfallwise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrainfallthe amount of rain that falls on a single...
2EnglishrainCondensed water falling from a cloud; Any matter...
3Middle Englishreyn—
4Old Englishreġnrain
5Proto-West Germanicregnrain
6Proto-Germanicregnąrain
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow
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