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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to tie, bind”). The "dog" sense may be a separate word, as the Old English shows a differing declension to the Old Norse, and appears to be derived from a u-stem. Compare also Old High German brakko (“beagle, hunting dog”), brekka (“bitch, setter”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈrɑk.kɔːː/
Noun
*rakkô m
- cord; strap
- dog
Inflection
Declension of *rakkô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*rakkô
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*rakkaniz
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| vocative
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*rakkô
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*rakkaniz
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| accusative
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*rakkanų
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*rakkanunz
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| genitive
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*rakkiniz
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*rakkanǫ̂
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| dative
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*rakkini
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*rakkammaz
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| instrumental
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*rakkinē
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*rakkammiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *rakkō (“parrel”); *rak(k)u (“hound”) (?)
- Old English: racca; ræċċ (< *rakkuz ?)
- Middle English: rakke (“parrel; parrel-rope”); racche (“hunting dog”)
- >? Old Saxon: *rak(k), *rek(k)
- Middle Low German: rēke (“large farm dog”)
- ⇒ Middle Low German: rēkel, reckel
- German Low German: Rekel
- → Middle Dutch: rekel
- Dutch: rekel (“watchdog, hunting dog, male dog”)
- Old High German: *rahh, *rach
- Middle High German: *rache
- German: Rache (“scent-hound”) (attested once in early NHG)
- Alemannic German: Rache
- Old Norse: rakki
- Icelandic: rakki
- Faroese: rakki (“parrel", also "[young] dog”)
- Norwegian: rakke (dialectal)
- Elfdalian: rakke
- (Gutnish: hundrakkrar)
- → Finnish: rakki