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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rekô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“chief, king”). Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”).
Noun
*rekô m
- ruler, chief
- king
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *rekô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *rekô | *rekaniz | |
| vocative | *rekô | *rekaniz | |
| accusative | *rekanų | *rekanunz | |
| genitive | *rikiniz | *rekanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rikini | *rekammaz | |
| instrumental | *rikinē | *rekammiz | |
Related terms
- *rekaz
- *anadrekô
Descendants
Found only in compounds in the daughter languages.
- Old English: *andraca > *draca
- Middle English: drake
- Scots: drak, drake, draik, dreak
- English: drake
- Middle English: drake
- Old Saxon: *anudreko, *anudrako
- Middle Low German: āntreke, āntdrāke
- Low German: Drake, Draak
- Danish: andrik
- Swedish: anddrake
- Middle Low German: āntreke, āntdrāke
- Old Dutch: *enedreko, *anudrako
- Middle Dutch: andrake
- Dutch: draak
- Middle Dutch: andrake
- Old High German: anutrehho, anetrehho, antrahho
- Middle High German: antreche, antrache, antrach, ɛntrech, antreich, ɛntreich
- German: Enterich, Drache (dialectal)
- Swabian: Antrech
- Middle High German: antreche, antrache, antrach, ɛntrech, antreich, ɛntreich
- Old Norse: landreki
Etymology 2
From *rekaną (“to rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Noun
*rekô m
- rake (tool, implement)
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *rekô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *rekô | *rekaniz | |
| vocative | *rekô | *rekaniz | |
| accusative | *rekanų | *rekanunz | |
| genitive | *rikiniz | *rekanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *rikini | *rekammaz | |
| instrumental | *rikinē | *rekammiz | |
Synonyms
- *rakō
Descendants
- Old English: raca; ræce (through interference with *rakō)
- Middle English: rake
- Scots: rak
- English: rake
- Middle English: rake
- Old Saxon: *reko
- Middle Low German: *rēke
- Low German: reek
- Middle Low German: *rēke
- Old Dutch: *reko
- Middle Dutch: rēke, riek
- Dutch: reek, riek
- Middle Dutch: rēke, riek
- Old High German: rehho, recho
- Middle High German: rëche
- Cimbrian: rècho
- German: Rechen
- Luxembourgish: Reech
- Middle High German: rëche
- Old Norse: (reka)