Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rekaną
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to make straight”), via semantic shift "make straight" > "erect (a pile)" > "rake and pile up".[1]
Verb
edit*rekaną
Inflection
edit| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *rekō | *rekaų | — | *rekai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *rikizi | *rekaiz | *rek | *rekazai | *rekaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *rikidi | *rekai | *rekadau | *rekadai | *rekaidau | |
| 1st dual | *rekōz | *rekaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *rekadiz | *rekaidiz | *rekadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *rekamaz | *rekaim | — | *rekandai | *rekaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *rikid | *rekaid | *rikid | *rekandai | *rekaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *rekandi | *rekain | *rekandau | *rekandai | *rekaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *rak | *rēkį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *raht | *rēkīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *rak | *rēkī | ||||
| 1st dual | *rēkū | *rēkīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *rēkudiz | *rēkīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *rēkum | *rēkīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *rēkud | *rēkīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *rēkun | *rēkīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *rekandz | *rekanaz | ||||