Where does “raintight” come from?

raintight (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.

raintight (English): So tight as to exclude rain

Definitions

  1. So tight as to exclude rain

Ancestry of “raintight”, step by step

raintight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrainCondensed water falling from a cloud; Any matter...
2Middle Englishreynrain water falling from a cloud
3Old Englishreġnrain
4Proto-West Germanicregnrain
5Proto-Germanicregnąrain
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow

via English tight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtightFirmly held together; compact; not loose or open;...
2Middle Englishtight—
3Old Englishþiht—
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