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

1. cord
2. link; (in the plural) chain

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

• *rakintǭ
• *rakkô

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