Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrakō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to spit, caw”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hrēką (“saliva, snot”)), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) of similar sound-symbolic formation to Proto-Germanic *hrabô (“raven”) and German Harke (“(regional) rake”).[1]

Noun

*hrakō m

  1. (anatomy) the back of the mouth; throat, gullet
  2. (anatomy) the gums, palate

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *hrakō
Genitive *hrakini, *hrakan
Singular Plural
Nominative *hrakō *hrakan
Accusative *hrakan *hrakan
Genitive *hrakini, *hrakan *hrakanō
Dative *hrakini, *hrakan *hrakum
Instrumental *hrakini, *hrakan *hrakum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hrakā f, *hraku f

Descendants

  • Old English: hraca
    • Middle English: rake
  • ⇒ Old English: hrace f
  • ⇒ Old English: hracu f
  • Old Saxon: *rako
  • Old Dutch: *rako
  • Old High German: rahho, hrahho

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Rachen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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