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Where does “rennan” come from?

rennan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic rannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “rennan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrannijanąto cause to run; to cause to flow
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “rennan”

  • Rennradfahrer
  • Rennrad
  • wegrennen
  • rennen
  • renn
  • nachrennen
  • Rennradfahrerin
  • Rennen
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