Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rankaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived by ablaut from an unattested verb *rinkaną, itself a nasal-infix present from the root Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*rankaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *rankaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rankaz | *rankai | *rankō | *rankôz | *ranką, -atō | *rankō |
| Accusative | *rankanǭ | *rankanz | *rankǭ | *rankōz | *ranką, -atō | *rankō |
| Genitive | *rankas, -is | *rankaizǫ̂ | *rankaizōz | *rankaizǫ̂ | *rankas, -is | *rankaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rankammai | *rankaimaz | *rankaizōi | *rankaimaz | *rankammai | *rankaimaz |
| Instrumental | *rankanō | *rankaimiz | *rankaizō | *rankaimiz | *rankanō | *rankaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rankô | *rankaniz | *rankǭ | *rankōniz | *rankô | *rankōnō |
| Accusative | *rankanų | *rankanunz | *rankōnų | *rankōnunz | *rankô | *rankōnō |
| Genitive | *rankiniz | *rankanǫ̂ | *rankōniz | *rankōnǫ̂ | *rankiniz | *rankanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rankini | *rankammaz | *rankōni | *rankōmaz | *rankini | *rankammaz |
| Instrumental | *rankinē | *rankammiz | *rankōnē | *rankōmiz | *rankinē | *rankammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *rank
- Old Norse: rakkr (West), *rankr (East)
Further reading
[edit]- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “rank”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN