Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rahnijaną

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑx.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

From *rahną (“robbery, plunder”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

*rahnijaną^[1]

2. (Northwest Germanic) to plunder, rob

• Proto-West Germanic: *rahnijan
  • Old High German: *rahanen
    • ⇒ Old High German: birahanen (“to plunder, capture”)
  • >? Old High German: rahanen, rānen (“to rage”)
• Old Norse: ræna (“to rob”)
  • Icelandic: ræna
  • Faroese: ræna
  • Danish: rane (“to steal”)

From an n-suffixed word like *rahną (“decision, reckoning, counsel”) without direct descendants, close in semantics to Proto-Germanic *raginą and Gothic 𐌲𐌰-𐍂𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 f (ga-rēhsns, “*decision; schedule, plan”), ultimately from the same root *Hrek- (“to speak, declare^?; to organize”).^[1] Possible piecewise doublet of etymology 1.

*rahnijaną^[1]

2. (East Germanic) to decide

• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan)