The story
- Old English · inherited fromreġnsċūr
- Middle English · inherited fromrayne-shour
- English todayrainshower
From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.