rine

rine · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*krey-“to strip, touch”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrīnaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hrīnan
4. Old English · inherited fromhrīnan
5. Middle English · inherited fromrinen
6. English todayrine

From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

rine · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃er-“to cause to move, grow”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*runiz“course”
3. Old English · inherited fromryne“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrune
5. English todayrine

From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne (“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz (“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

rine · noun³

Variation of rind.

Rine · proper noun⁴

From the German surname, variant of Rein, Rhine, Rhein.

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