riecan

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• riekan, riechon, ruecon

Etymology

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

Verb

riecan

1. to smell

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• *rūcan

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “riekan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012