English

raindrift

From rain + drift.

A compound of rain + drift

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive, push’

Proto-Germanic *driftiz

Old English *drift

Middle English drift

English drift

Today it means

noun A sheet of rain blown by the wind.

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

Etymograph / raindrift