Etymograph

English

rine

Rine comes from Old English hrīnan ‘to touch’, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan ‘to brush against, to graze’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to strip, touch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to strip, touch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīnaną‘to touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīnan‘to brush against, to graze’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīnan‘to touch’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rinen
  6. Englishtodayrine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to strip, touch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīnaną‘to touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīnan‘to brush against, to graze’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīnan‘to touch’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rinen
  6. Englishtodayrine

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to strip, touch’

secretary, secret, certain, crime, crisis, criminal, discrimination, discretion, critic, critique, discrete, discreet, discern, criterion, hypocrite, discriminate, riddle, excrement, excretion, excrete, incriminate, rime, incrimination, certitude, ridder, criterium, recrimination, 47 more

Another origin of rine

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃er-‘to cause to move, grow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*runiz‘course’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ryne‘a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rune
  5. Englishtodayrine

Today it means

verb To touch.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / rine

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