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Where does “regna” come from?

regna (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål regne, from Old Norse regna, from Proto-Germanic rignijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

regna (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of regne: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

  1. inflection of regne: ## simple past ## past...

Ancestry of “regna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålregneto rain; to calculate, reckon; to consider,...
2Old Norseregna—
3Proto-Germanicrignijanąto rain
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
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