ren
Moldavian
/ren/
noun
Definitions
- reindeer
Etymology
Borrowed from French renne derived from Swedish ren derived from Old Norse hreinn (clean, pure).
Origin
Old Norse
hreinn
Gloss
clean, pure
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- renna Italian
- renne French
- reno Spanish, Castilian
- rein Norwegian Bokmål
- ren Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrainaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrainiz Proto-Germanic
- *hrinda- Proto-Germanic
- ren Swedish
- rena Swedish
- rengöra Swedish
- rein Norwegian Nynorsk
- hreindýri Old Norse
- hreinleikr Old Norse
- hreinn Old Norse
- ren Danish
- ren Catalan, Valencian
- hreinn Icelandic
- reinur Faroese