Where does “rëgen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rëgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanreganrain
2Proto-West Germanicregnrain
3Proto-Germanicregnąrain
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow

Words derived from “rëgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic regną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic regn →