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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rannislō

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *rannijaną (“to make run, make flow”), causative of *rinnaną (“to run, flow”), because a leak is what allows water to flow.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈranːisloː/

Noun

*rannislō f

  1. a run (of liquid), leak

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *rannislō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rannislō *rannislôz
vocative *rannislō *rannislôz
accusative *rannislǭ *rannislōz
genitive *rannislōz *rannislǫ̂
dative *rannislōi *rannislōmaz
instrumental *rannislō *rannislōmiz

Descendants
  • Old Norse: renzl f or n
    • Icelandic: rennsli n (“run, leak”)
  • >? German: Rinnsal n (“small stream”), (obsolete) rinsel, rintzl (“rennet”)

References
  1. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “RENN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 376
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