Etymology

Rinne

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Finnish Rinne ← German Rinne ← Middle High German rinne
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The story

  1. Middle High German · derived fromrinne“stream, spring; channel, pipe, groove”
  2. German · borrowed fromRinne
  3. Finnish · borrowed fromRinne
  4. English todayRinne

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rinne, a topographic or ornamental surname from rinne (“slope”). * Borrowed from German Rinne, a topographic surname from Middle High German rinne (“stream, spring; channel, pipe, groove”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.