Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rakjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rakjaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to stretch, straighten, straighten out

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rakjō *rakjaų *rakjai ?
2nd singular *rakisi *rakjais *raki *rakjasai *rakjaisau
3rd singular *rakiþi *rakjai *rakjaþau *rakjaþai *rakjaiþau
1st dual *rakjōs *rakjaiw
2nd dual *rakjaþiz *rakjaiþiz *rakjaþiz
1st plural *rakjamaz *rakjaim *rakjanþai *rakjainþau
2nd plural *rakiþ *rakjaiþ *rakiþ *rakjanþai *rakjainþau
3rd plural *rakjanþi *rakjain *rakjanþau *rakjanþai *rakjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rakidǭ *rakidēdį̄
2nd singular *rakidēz *rakidēdīz
3rd singular *rakidē *rakidēdī
1st dual *rakidēdū *rakidēdīw
2nd dual *rakidēdudiz *rakidēdīdiz
1st plural *rakidēdum *rakidēdīm
2nd plural *rakidēdud *rakidēdīd
3rd plural *rakidēdun *rakidēdīn
present past
participles *rakjandz *rakidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rakkjan
    • Old English: reċċean, reċċan
    • Old Frisian: reka, retsa
      • Saterland Frisian: räkke
      • West Frisian: rekke
    • Old Saxon: rekkian
    • Old Dutch: *recken
    • Old High German: recchen, reckian, recken
  • Old Norse: rekja
  • Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*rakjan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rakjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403