Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rakkjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

*rakkjan^[1]

to stretch, straighten, straighten out

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*rakkjan
1st sg. past	*rakidā
Infinitive	*rakkjan
Genitive infin.	*rakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*rakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*rakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rakkju	*rakidā
2nd singular	*rakisi	rakidēs, rakidōs
3rd singular	*rakiþi	rakidē, rakidā
1st plural	*rakkjum	*rakidum
2nd plural	*rakiþ	*rakidud
3rd plural	*rakkjanþ	*rakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rakkjē	*rakidī
2nd singular	*rakkjēs	*rakidī
3rd singular	*rakkjē	*rakidī
1st plural	*rakkjēm	*rakidīm
2nd plural	*rakkjēþ	*rakidīd
3rd plural	*rakkjēn	*rakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*raki
Plural	*rakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rakkjandī	*rakid

Descendants

Old English: reċċean, reċċan
- Middle English: recchen
  - English: reche, retch
  - Scots: rak
Old Frisian: reka, retsa
- Saterland Frisian: räkke
- West Frisian: rekke
Old Saxon: rekkian
- Middle Low German: recken
  - German Low German: recken
Old Dutch: *recken
- Middle Dutch: recken
  - Dutch: rekken
    - Afrikaans: rek
  - Limburgish: rèkke
Old High German: recchen, reckian, recken
- Middle High German: recken, reken
  - German: recken

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *rakʲkʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *rakʲkʲan”

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