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Where does “regennass” come from?

regennass (German) comes from German nass, from Middle High German naȥ, from Old High German naȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

regennass (German): rainy

Definitions

  1. rainy

Ancestry of “regennass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannasswet
2Middle High Germannaȥ—
3Old High Germannaȥ—
4Proto-West Germanic*nat—
5Proto-Germanicnatazwet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →