Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rekô

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 *h₃rḗǵs (“chief, king”). Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”).

*rekô m

1. ruler, chief
2. king

• *rekaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *rekō
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *anadrekō (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: *reki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: lestreki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: nautreki^[1]
  • ⇒ Old Norse: hjarðreki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: sauðreki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: eyrendreki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: landreki^[2]
    • Icelandic: landreki

From *rekaną (“to rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).

*rekô m

1. a straightener, especially a device used for straightening or detangling (e.g. threads, strings, ropes, etc.)
2. a harrow or rake (tool, implement)

• *rakō

• Old English: raca; ræce (through interference with *rakō)
  • Middle English: rake
    • Scots: rak
    • English: rake
• Old Saxon: *reko
  • Middle Low German: *rēke
    • Low German: reek
• Old Dutch: *reko
  • Middle Dutch: rēke, riek
    • Dutch: reek, riek
• Old High German: rehho, recho
  • Middle High German: rëche
    • Cimbrian: rècho
    • German: Rechen
    • Hunsrik: Rechel
    • Luxembourgish: Reech
• (Old Norse: reka)