Rhenish
/ˈriːnɪʃ/noun
Relating to the Rhine River or the wine produced in the Rhine region.
Did you know?“Rhenish” comes from the Rhine, one of Europe’s most myth-loaded rivers, and in English it long meant both “of the Rhine” and specifically the wine traded from that region.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*rei-
“to flow, run”
Ancient Celtic
Celtic
Rēnos
“the Rhine River, literally “the flowing one””
Latin
Latin
Rhenus
“the Rhine River”
Old French
Old French
rhenois
“of the Rhine”
Middle English
English
rhenish
“of the Rhine; Rhine wine”
Modern English
English
Rhenish
“relating to the Rhine River or Rhine wine”