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

fetter, shackle, bond
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