English
rin
Rin comes from Old English rinnan ‘to run’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *rinnaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rinnaną‘to run’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rinnan‘to run’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rinnen
- Englishearliest quotation 1836rin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rinnaną‘to run’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rinnan‘to run’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rinnen
- Englishearliest quotation 1836rin
Earliest quotation: 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan: “Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to undulate, churn’
ride, raid, riding, rival, derivative, irritable, derivation, irritate, ritter, ria, overridden, 12 more
through Old English rinnan ‘to run’
Today it means
verb To run.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *rinnaną / rin