Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raką

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 *reǵ- (“to bind”).

Noun

*raką n

cord
link; (in the plural) chain

Inflection

Declension of *raką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raką	*rakō
vocative	*raką	*rakō
accusative	*raką	*rakō
genitive	rakas, rakis	*rakǫ̂
dative	*rakai	*rakamaz
instrumental	*rakō	*rakamiz

Derived terms

*rakjǭ
- >? Old High German: *recka
  - Middle High German: recke, ricke, ric
    - German: Ricke

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rak
- >? Old English: *ræc
  - Middle English: rak, rack (also from Old English racca (“parrel”))
- Old Saxon: *rak
  - Middle Low German: rak (“parrel”)
- Old Dutch: *rak
  - Middle Dutch: *rak
    - Dutch: rak, rek
- → French: raque (alternatively from Old Norse rakki (“cord to tie the yard to the mast”))
⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *rakul
- Old English: *racul, *racel
  - Middle English: rakyl
    - English: rackle
    - Scots: rakkill, rackle
- Old Frisian: rakels
- → French: racle (“iron ring or hammer of a door”)
>? Old Norse: rak (“wick”) (alternatively allied with Proto-Germanic *rakjaną)
- Faroese: rak
- Icelandic: rak