Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rainijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *rain (“border, edgepath”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*rainijan

1. to border, adjoin

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*rainijan
1st sg. past	*rainidā
Infinitive	*rainijan
Genitive infin.	*rainijannjas
Dative infin.	*rainijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*rainijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rainiju	*rainidā
2nd singular	*rainisi	*rainidēs, *rainidōs
3rd singular	*rainiþi	*rainidē, *rainidā
1st plural	*rainijum	*rainidum
2nd plural	*rainiþ	*rainidud
3rd plural	*rainijanþ	*rainidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rainijē	*rainidī
2nd singular	*rainijēs	*rainidī
3rd singular	*rainijē	*rainidī
1st plural	*rainijēm	*rainidīm
2nd plural	*rainijēþ	*rainidīd
3rd plural	*rainijēn	*rainidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*raini
Plural	*rainiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rainijandī	*rainid

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *reinen, *rēnen
  • Middle Dutch: reinen, rênen
    • Dutch: reinen, renen (Southern dialectal)
• Old High German: reinen
  • Middle High German: reinen
    • German: rainen (dialectal)
      • ⇒ German: anrainen