Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rōkijan

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 Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

*rōkijan^[1]

to take heed, observe, pay attention
to care, take care of

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*rōkijan
1st sg. past	*rōkidā
Infinitive	*rōkijan
Genitive infin.	*rōkijannjas
Dative infin.	*rōkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*rōkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rōkiju	*rōkidā
2nd singular	*rōkisi	rōkidēs, rōkidōs
3rd singular	*rōkiþi	rōkidē, rōkidā
1st plural	*rōkijum	*rōkidum
2nd plural	*rōkiþ	*rōkidud
3rd plural	*rōkijanþ	*rōkidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rōkijē	*rōkidī
2nd singular	*rōkijēs	*rōkidī
3rd singular	*rōkijē	*rōkidī
1st plural	*rōkijēm	*rōkidīm
2nd plural	*rōkijēþ	*rōkidīd
3rd plural	*rōkijēn	*rōkidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*rōki
Plural	*rōkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rōkijandī	*rōkid

Derived terms

*birōkijan

Descendants

Old English: rēċan, rēċċan
- Middle English: recchen
  - English: retch
Old Saxon: rōkian
- Middle Low German: rôken, rûken
  - Low German: roken, ruken
Old Dutch: ruoken
- Middle Dutch: roeken
  - Dutch: roeken (obsolete)
Old High German: ruohhen, ruochen
- Middle High German: ruochen, rūchen
- ⇒ Old High German: giruohhen
  - Middle High German: geruochen
    - German: geruhen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228: “PWGmc *rōkijan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228: “PWGmc *rōkijan”

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