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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rakō
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.kɔː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Noun
*rakō f
- direction, course, path, track
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *rakō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| vocative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| accusative | *rakǭ | *rakōz | |
| genitive | *rakōz | *rakǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rakōi | *rakōmaz | |
| instrumental | *rakō | *rakōmiz | |
Derived terms
- *rakōną
Related terms
- *rakaz
Descendants
- Old English: racu
- Middle English: rake; raike, rayke (through confluence with Old Norse reik)
- Scots: rak, rack, raik
- English: rake, rack (path, track, furrow)
- Middle English: rake; raike, rayke (through confluence with Old Norse reik)
Etymology 2
From *rakaz (“straight, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Noun
*rakō f
- an unwinding, unravelling, an unfolding
- a narrative, account, tale, story
- argument, reasoning
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *rakō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| vocative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| accusative | *rakǭ | *rakōz | |
| genitive | *rakōz | *rakǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rakōi | *rakōmaz | |
| instrumental | *rakō | *rakōmiz | |
Related terms
- *rakaz
- *rakjaną
Descendants
- Old English: racu; reahtiġan
- Middle English: rake
- English: rake
- Middle English: rake
- Old Saxon: raka
- Old High German: rahha, racha
- Middle High German: rache
- Proto-Norse: *ᚱᚨᚲᚢ (*raku)
- Old Norse: rǫk
- Icelandic: rök
- Old Norse: rǫk
- Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌺- (*rak-) (uncertain lemma; possibly attested in given names)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Noun
*rakō f
- rake (implement)
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *rakō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| vocative | *rakō | *rakôz | |
| accusative | *rakǭ | *rakōz | |
| genitive | *rakōz | *rakǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rakōi | *rakōmaz | |
| instrumental | *rakō | *rakōmiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: racu; (raca; ræce)
- Middle English: rake
- Scots: rak
- English: rake
- Middle English: rake
- Old Saxon: raka, reka (possibly through interference with *rekô)
- Middle Low German: rāke
- German Low German: Raak
- Low German: raak
- Middle Low German: rāke
- Old Dutch: *raka
- Middle Dutch: rāke
- Dutch: rake, raak; > rakelen; > rakel
- Middle Dutch: rāke
- Old Norse: raka; reka (possibly through interference with *rekô)
- Icelandic: raka; reka
- Swedish: raka, räka (dialectal)
- Danish: rage