Proto-Germanic

*razną

‘house, dwelling’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *razną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *razną, most familiar first.

• reason ← ræsn ← *raʀn
• barn ← bearn ← berern ← bere ← *raʀn
• ramshackle ← ransaken ← rannsaka
• ransack ← ransaken ← rannsaka

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *razną