Given name & surname · also German
Reineke
Reineke is a surname from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Original GermanReinhart
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Reineke comes from Middle Low German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German usage, Reineke as a surname is a diminutive of REYNART.
Reineke’s family of names
In German usage, Reineke as a surname is a diminutive of REYNART. In German usage, Reineke shares an earlier linguistic root with Reinhard. In German usage, Reineke has a conventional equivalent in the French form RENART.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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