Where does “rinnen” come from?
rinnen (German) comes from Middle High German rinnen, from Old High German rinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *rinnan, from Proto-Germanic rinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.
rinnen (German): to flow; to leak; to run
Ancestry of “rinnen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | rinnen | to run |
| 2 | Old High German | rinnan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *rinnan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rinnaną | to run, to rush; to flow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | — |
Words derived from “rinnen”