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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raginą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *Hrokéno-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrok-, possibly further to *Hrek- (“to speak”). Related to Old Church Slavonic рокъ (rokŭ, “time”), Russian рок (rok, “fate”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/
Noun
*raginą n
- decision, advice, counsel
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *raginą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *raginą | *raginō | |
| vocative | *raginą | *raginō | |
| accusative | *raginą | *raginō | |
| genitive | *raginas, *raginis | *raginǫ̂ | |
| dative | *raginai | *raginamaz | |
| instrumental | *raginō | *raginamiz | |
Derived terms
- *raginōną
- *Raginaharduz
- *Raginaharjaz
- *Raginawaldaz
Related terms
- *rahną
Descendants
- Old English: reġen- (found in compounds)
- Proto-Norse: *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina) (in ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo /raginakundō/))
- Old Norse: regin (plural)
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin)
- Vandalic: *ragin- (in personal names)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ragina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 401