English

Raincouver

Blend of rain + Vancouver, referring to its rainy climate.

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

English Coevorden ‘the place where cows ford the river’

Today it means

name Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Raincouver