| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | rei- |
| DEFINITION: | To flow, run. 1. Suffixed zero-grade form *ri-nu-. a. run, runnel, from Old English rinnan, to run, and Old Norse rinna, to run (from Germanic *rinnan, to run, from *ri-nw-an), and from Old English causative ærnan, eornan, to run (from secondary Germanic causative *rannjan); b. Ember day, from Old English ryne, a running, from secondary Germanic derivative *runiz; c. rennet, from Old English *rynet, from secondary Germanic derivative *runita-. 2. Suffixed zero-grade form *ri-l-. rill, from Dutch ril or Low German rille, running stream, from Germanic *ril-. 3. Suffixed form *rei-wo-. rival, rivulet; derive, from Latin r vus, stream. (Pokorny 3. er- 326.) |
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