Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/runilaz

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 *runiz (“course”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.nilaz/

Noun

*runilaz m

  1. runner, stream

Inflection

Declension of *runilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *runilaz *runilōz, *runilōs
vocative *runil *runilōz, *runilōs
accusative *runilą *runilanz
genitive *runilas, *runilis *runilǫ̂
dative *runilai *runilamaz
instrumental *runilō *runilamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: rynel m
    • Middle English: runel, rinel, rennel
  • Swedish: rännil (“runnel; runner”)

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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