Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rakkô

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to tie, bind”). The "dog" sense may be a separate word, as the Old English shows a differing declension to the Old Norse, and appears to be derived from a u-stem. Compare also Old High German brakko (“beagle, hunting dog”), brekka (“bitch, setter”).

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑk.kɔːː/

*rakkô m

1. cord; strap
2. dog

• *raką
• *rakintǭ

• Proto-West Germanic: *rakkō (“parrel”); *rak(k)u (“hound”) (?)
  • Old English: racca; ræċċ (< *rakkuz ?)
    • Middle English: rakke (“parrel; parrel-rope”); racche (“hunting dog”)
      • ⇒ English: rackie (“parrel”); ratch, rach (“hunting dog”)
      • ⇒ Scots: rakie, rackie, rakki (“parrel”)
  • >? Old Saxon: *rak(k), *rek(k)
    • Middle Low German: rēke (“large farm dog”)
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: rēkel, reckel
        • German Low German: Rekel
        • → Middle Dutch: rekel
          • Dutch: rekel (“watchdog, hunting dog, male dog”)
  • Old High German: *rahh, *rach
    • Middle High German: *rache
      • German: Rache (“scent-hound”) (attested once in early NHG)
      • Alemannic German: Rache
• Old Norse: rakki
  • Icelandic: rakki
  • Faroese: rakki (“parrel", also " dog”)
  • Norwegian: rakke (dialectal)
  • Elfdalian: rakke
  • (Gutnish: hundrakkrar)
  • → Finnish: rakki