Where does “Sprühregen” come from?

Sprühregen (German) comes from German Ręgen, from Middle High German rëgen, from Old High German regan, from Proto-West Germanic regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.

Sprühregen (German): drizzle

Definitions

  1. drizzle

Ancestry of “Sprühregen”, step by step

Sprühregen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ręgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRęgen—
2Middle High Germanrëgen—
3Old High Germanreganrain
4Proto-West Germanicregnrain
5Proto-Germanicregnąrain
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow

via German sprühen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprühento spray; to radiate with a certain feeling or...
2Middle High Germanspræjento be scattered
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic regną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic regn →
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