Cognate Set 6947 – Meaning: run

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₃rei̯H-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Lexemes continuing Proto-Germanic *rinnan- 'to run', a nasal-infix present stem formed to PIE *h₃rei̯H- 'to flow, swirl' (Seebold 1970:375-377, Kroonen 2013:413-414, LIV² 305-306).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 9 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
104   Faroese renna
122   German rennen ˈʁɛnn̩ ˈʁɛnən
116   Dutch rennen
112   English run ɹʌn
123   German: Bernese renne rɛnnə rɛnnə
113   Old Frisian renna ˈrenna ˈrenna
111   Old English iernan ˈie̯rnɑn ˈie̯rnɑn
102   Old Icelandic renna ˈrenːa ˈrenːa
101   Gothic rinnan 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 ˈrinnan ˈrinnan
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 413-414
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *rinnan- 'run' < *h₃ri-n-H- or *h₃ri-nu-e- (cf. Skt. riṇā́ti 'to make flow, set off', etc.).
  • Rix, Helmut: 305-306
    S.v. *h₃rei̯H- 'wallen, wirbeln' (IEW 330-1).
  • Seebold, Elmar: 375-377
    Cf. s.v. Gmc. *renn-a- (< *ri-nw-) 'rinnen, laufen' for references to older literature.