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Where does “hrainiz” come from?

hrainiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European króy-n-is, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

hrainiz (Proto-Germanic): clean, not dirty; pure; innocent

Definitions

  1. clean, not dirty; pure; innocent

Ancestry of “hrainiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankróy-n-is—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “hrainiz”

  • reindeer
  • rinse
  • rinsing
  • judenrein
  • prerinse
  • rinser
  • rerinse
  • rinseable
  • reno
  • renna
  • renne
  • löffelrein
  • Reinstoff
  • Reinform
  • Reinheitsgrad
  • Reinheit
  • bundrein
  • rein
  • besenrein
  • höchstrein
  • reinlich
  • judenrein
  • rebsortenrein
  • sortenrein
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