Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rekan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rekaną.
Verb
*rekan
Inflection
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *rekan | |
| 1st sg. past | *rak | |
| 3rd pl. past | *rākun | |
| Past ptcple | *rekan | |
| Infinitive | *rekan | |
| Genitive infin. | *rekannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *rekannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *rekannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *reku | *rak |
| 2nd singular | *rikiʀi | *rākī |
| 3rd singular | *rikidi | *rak |
| 1st plural | *rekum | *rākum |
| 2nd plural | *rikid | *rākud |
| 3rd plural | *rekand | *rākun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rekē | *rākī |
| 2nd singular | *rekēs | *rākī |
| 3rd singular | *rekē | *rākī |
| 1st plural | *rekēm | *rākīm |
| 2nd plural | *rekēþ | *rākīd |
| 3rd plural | *rekēn | *rākīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *rik | |
| Plural | *rikid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *rekandī | *rekan |
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
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *rekan | ||
| Genitive | *rekanas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *rekan | *rekanu | *rekan |
| Accusative | *rekananā | *rekanā | *rekan |
| Genitive | *rekanas | *rekaneʀā | *rekanas |
| Dative | *rekanumē | *rekaneʀē | *rekanumē |
| Instrumental | *rekanu | *rekaneʀu | *rekanu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *rekanē | *rekanō | *rekanu |
| Accusative | *rekanā | *rekanā | *rekanu |
| Genitive | *rekaneʀō | *rekaneʀō | *rekaneʀō |
| Dative | *rekanēm, *rekanum | *rekanēm, *rekanum | *rekanēm, *rekanum |
| Instrumental | *rekanēm, *rekanum | *rekanēm, *rekanum | *rekanēm, *rekanum |
Derived terms
Related terms
- *garek
- *rak
- *rek