Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rekanōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *rekan (“right, proper, straight”) +‎ *-ōn. Compare *raku (“an unwinding, an account, tale, reasoning, explanation”).

Verb

*rekanōn

to count
to explain

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*rekanōn
1st sg. past	*rekanōdā
Infinitive	*rekanōn
Genitive infin.	*rekanōnijas
Dative infin.	*rekanōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*rekanōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rekanō	*rekanōdā
2nd singular	*rekanōs	rekanōdēs, rekanōdōs
3rd singular	*rekanōþ	rekanōdē, rekanōdā
1st plural	*rekanōm	*rekanōdum
2nd plural	*rekanōþ	*rekanōdud
3rd plural	*rekanōnþ	*rekanōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rekanō	*rekanōdī
2nd singular	*rekanōs	*rekanōdī
3rd singular	*rekanō	*rekanōdī
1st plural	*rekanōm	*rekanōdīm
2nd plural	*rekanōþ	*rekanōdīd
3rd plural	*rekanōn	*rekanōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*rekanō
Plural	*rekanōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rekanōndī	*rekanōd

Descendants

Old English: recenian, ġerecenian
- Middle English: rekenen, reknen, reckenen
  - Scots: rekkin, rakkin
  - English: reckon
Old Frisian: rekenia, reknia
- Saterland Frisian: reekenje
- West Frisian: rekkenje
Old Saxon: *rekenōn
- Middle Low German: rēkenen
  - Low German: reken
  - → Old Norse: reikna
    - Icelandic: reikna
    - Norwegian:
      - Norwegian Bokmål: regne
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: rekne, rekna
    - Old Swedish: rǣkna, rēkna
      - Swedish: räkna
    - Old Danish: rēknæ
      - Danish: regne
    - Elfdalian: rekken
    - Gutnish: räkne
    - Scanian: regna
Old Dutch: *rekenon
- Middle Dutch: rēkenen
  - Dutch: rekenen
Old High German: rehhanōn
- Middle High German: rechenen
  - German: rechnen
  - Hunsrik: rechne
  - Luxembourgish: rechnen
  - Yiddish: רעכענען‎ (rekhenen)