Proto-Germanic
*rinnaną
‘to run, to rush’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *rinnaną.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną, most familiar first.
- earn ← erne ← rennen ← rinnan
- rin ← rinnen ← rinnan
- ern ← ernen ← irnan ← rinnan ← *rinnan
- wrine ← rine ← rune ← ryne ← rinnan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *rinnaną