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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rekaną.
Verb
*rekan
- to arrange, straighten up, make tidy
- to rake up, pile up, heap up
- to scratch, scrape
Inflection
| Strong class 5
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| Infinitive
|
*rekan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*rak
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| 3rd pl. past
|
*rākun
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| Past ptcple
|
*rekan
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| Infinitive
|
*rekan
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| Genitive infin.
|
*rekannjas
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| Dative infin.
|
*rekannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
|
*rekannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*reku
|
*rak
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| 2nd singular
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*rikiʀi
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*rākī
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| 3rd singular
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*rikidi
|
*rak
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| 1st plural
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*rekum
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*rākum
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| 2nd plural
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*rikid
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*rākud
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| 3rd plural
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*rekand
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*rākun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*rekē
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*rākī
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| 2nd singular
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*rekēs
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*rākī
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| 3rd singular
|
*rekē
|
*rākī
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| 1st plural
|
*rekēm
|
*rākīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*rekēþ
|
*rākīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*rekēn
|
*rākīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*rik
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| Plural
|
*rikid
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
|
*rekandī
|
*rekan
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Perhaps equivalent to the past participle of *rekan (“to rake, straighten up, arrange”) in Etymology 1, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Adjective
*rekan
- right, correct, proper, fit
- straight, direct
Inflection
| a-stem
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| Singular
|
Masculine
|
| Nominative
|
*rekan
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| Genitive
|
*rekanas
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| Singular
|
Masculine
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Feminine
|
Neuter
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| Nominative
|
*rekan
|
*rekanu
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*rekan
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| Accusative
|
*rekananā
|
*rekanā
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*rekan
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| Genitive
|
*rekanas
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*rekaneʀā
|
*rekanas
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| Dative
|
*rekanumē
|
*rekaneʀē
|
*rekanumē
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| Instrumental
|
*rekanu
|
*rekaneʀu
|
*rekanu
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| Plural
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Masculine
|
Feminine
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Neuter
|
| Nominative
|
*rekanē
|
*rekanō
|
*rekanu
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| Accusative
|
*rekanā
|
*rekanā
|
*rekanu
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| Genitive
|
*rekaneʀō
|
*rekaneʀō
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*rekaneʀō
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| Dative
|
*rekanēm, *rekanum
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*rekanēm, *rekanum
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*rekanēm, *rekanum
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| Instrumental
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*rekanēm, *rekanum
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*rekanēm, *rekanum
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*rekanēm, *rekanum
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Derived terms
Descendants
