Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rekaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to make straight”), via semantic shift "make straight" > "erect (a pile)" > "rake and pile up".

Verb

*rekaną

1. to rake up, to pile up, to heap up

Inflection

Conjugation of *rekaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rekō	*rekaų	—	*rekai	?
2nd singular	*rikizi	*rekaiz	*rek	*rekazai	*rekaizau
3rd singular	*rikidi	*rekai	*rekadau	*rekadai	*rekaidau
1st dual	*rekōz	*rekaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rekadiz	*rekaidiz	*rekadiz	—	—
1st plural	*rekamaz	*rekaim	—	*rekandai	*rekaindau
2nd plural	*rikid	*rekaid	*rikid	*rekandai	*rekaindau
3rd plural	*rekandi	*rekain	*rekandau	*rekandai	*rekaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rak	*rēkį̄
2nd singular	*raht	*rēkīz
3rd singular	*rak	*rēkī
1st dual	*rēkū	*rēkīw
2nd dual	*rēkudiz	*rēkīdiz
1st plural	*rēkum	*rēkīm
2nd plural	*rēkud	*rēkīd
3rd plural	*rēkun	*rēkīn
	present	past
participles	*rekandz	*rekanaz

Related terms

• *rakjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rekan
  • Old English: recan
    • Middle English: reken
      • English: reke (dialectal)
      • Scots: reke, reik
  • Old Frisian: reka
  • Old Saxon: *rekan
    • Middle Low German: rēken
      • German Low German: reken
  • Old Dutch: *recan
    • Middle Dutch: rēken, reecken
      • Dutch: reken
  • Old High German: rehhan
    • Middle High German: rechen
      • Cimbrian: rechan
      • German: rechen
• Old Norse:
  • Old Danish: rag
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (rikan)
  • → Italian: recare