Where does “alen” come from?

alen (Sranan Tongo) comes from English rain, from Middle English reyn, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.

alen (Sranan Tongo): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “alen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrainCondensed water falling from a cloud; Any matter...
2Middle Englishreynrain water falling from a cloud
3Old Englishreġnrain
4Proto-West Germanicregnrain
5Proto-Germanicregnąrain
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreǵ-to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic regną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic regn →