Rain

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) edgepath (the space between two fields)
2. (Switzerland, masculine, strong) small slope, incline

Concepts

Rain

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abutment

abuttal

balk

boundary

boundary path

Synonyms

Ackergrenze

Feldrain

Wegrand

Grenze

Feldrand

Wegesrand

Hang

Translations

Rain

Rain

límite

raya

linde

confine

lindero

limite

proda

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaɪ̯n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: rein

Inherited from Old High German: rein

Cognate with Icelandic: rein

Cognate with Swedish: ren

Cognate with English: rean

Cognate with Lithuanian: raĩvė

Cognate with Latvian: riêva

Cognate with Latin: rīma

Cognate with English: row

Cognate with English: ripe

In summary

From Middle High German rein, which also appears in reinkurni, reinifano (“tansy”), Modern German Rainfarn, for this plant’s growing as field mark, from Old High German rein (“wall, baulk, ridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *rain, from Proto-Germanic *rainō.
Cognate with Icelandic rein, Swedish ren, English rean (“ridge, furrow, gutter”), French rain, Lithuanian rai̇̃vė (“furrow”), Latvian riêva (“furrow”), Latin rīma (“slit”), all perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- and the antecedents of Reihe, English row, as well as to reif, English ripe.