Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rakintǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *rakuntǭ, *rakantǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.kin.tɔ̃ː/

Noun

*rakintǭ f

1. fetter, shackle, bond
2. link; (in the plural) chain

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *rakintǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rakintǭ	*rakintōniz
vocative	*rakintǭ	*rakintōniz
accusative	*rakintōnų	*rakintōnunz
genitive	*rakintōniz	*rakintōnǫ̂
dative	*rakintōni	*rakintōmaz
instrumental	*rakintōnē	*rakintōmiz

Related terms

• *rakkô
• *raką
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *rakjǭ
• *rakǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rakintā, *rakuntā, *rakantā
  • Old English: racente, racete
    • Middle English: rakente, racand, rakand, rakynt, rekand, rekanth, rekenth, recawnt (conflated with Old Norse rekendr, rekendi)
      • English: rackan, racon, rackin, racken, reckan, recon, reckin, reckon
  • Old Saxon: *rekinta
    • Middle Low German: rekente
  • Old High German: rahhenza, rachenza, rahhinza
    • → Old Saxon: rakinza
    • → Old Dutch: rakinza, *rakiza (attested in Latin texts as rakinzun)
      • >? Middle Dutch: raecse, raecks, reecs (“chain”)
        • Dutch: raaks, reeks
• Old Norse: rekendr f (plural); rekendi n
  • Icelandic: rekendur; rekendi, rekindi
• → Proto-Slavic: *retędzь