Where does “Raino” come from?
Raino (Finnish) comes from Finnish Rainer, from German Rainer, from Old High German Reginheri, from Proto-Germanic Raginaharjaz, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
Ancestry of “Raino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | Rainer | — |
| 2 | German | Rainer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | Reginheri | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | Raginaharjaz | A male given name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |