reynbowe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === reinbow, reinbowe, rein-bowe, reynebawe, reynebowe raynbowe, raynebowe, rayne-bowe (Late Middle English); reynebow (Promptorium Parvulorum) rainbou, rainbow (Northern); rayn bowe (Catholicon Anglicum); raine-bogh, rayn-boghe (Lancashire) === Etymology === From Old English reġnboga, from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô; equivalent to reyn (“rain”) +‎ bowe (“bow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈræi̯nˌbɔu̯(ə)/ === Noun === reynbowe rainbow (multicoloured arch created by the reflection of rain) ==== Descendants ==== English: rainbowSranan Tongo: alenbo Scots: rainbow ==== References ==== “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.