Old English · proper noun
Rin
Normalised Rīn
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine / feminine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /riːn/
- Syllables
- riːn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- rhine
Meaning
-
the Rhine
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Celtic. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).
Descendants
rhine
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