Where does “regan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “regan”, step by step

regan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic regn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicregnrain
2Proto-Germanicregnąrain
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow

via Proto-Germanic *regn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*regn—

Words derived from “regan”

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