Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rakkjan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

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*rakkjan[1]

  1. to stretch, straighten, straighten out

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *rakkjan
1st sg. past *rakidā
Infinitive *rakkjan
Genitive infin. *rakkjannjas
Dative infin. *rakkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *rakkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *rakkju *rakidā
2nd singular *rakisi *rakidēs, *rakidōs
3rd singular *rakiþi *rakidē, *rakidā
1st plural *rakkjum *rakidum
2nd plural *rakiþ *rakidud
3rd plural *rakkjanþ *rakidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *rakkjē *rakidī
2nd singular *rakkjēs *rakidī
3rd singular *rakkjē *rakidī
1st plural *rakkjēm *rakidīm
2nd plural *rakkjēþ *rakidīd
3rd plural *rakkjēn *rakidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *raki
Plural *rakiþ
Present Past
Participle *rakkjandī *rakid

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238:PWGmc *rakʲkʲan