Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rannislō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

Declension 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: rennsl n (“run, leak”), rennsli
  • >? 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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