reccan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to stretch out, extend
- to reach out to someone
- to tell, narrate
- to explain
Etymology
Inherited from *rakkjan (straighten) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (stretch, straighten) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃roǵéyeti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- recken German
- rekken Dutch, Flemish
- verrekken Dutch, Flemish
- *h₃roǵéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- rekke Norwegian Bokmål
- *rakjaną Proto-Germanic
- rekke Norwegian Nynorsk
- rǣċan Old English
- rekja Old Norse
- differensrække Danish
- kvotientrække Danish
- række Danish
- recken Middle Dutch
- recchen Old High German
- *rakkjan gmw-pro
- *recken Old Dutch
- *rekken Old Dutch
- *rakjoidak Proto-Finnic
- recke Middle Low German
- rekkian Old Saxon
- rækkia Old Swedish