Old Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.

Verb edit

riecan

  1. to smell

Inflection edit

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Alternative forms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: ruken
    • Dutch: ruiken, rieken
    • Limburgish: ruke

Further reading edit

  • riekan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012