rækja

Icelandic

/ˈraiːca/

verb-weak

Definitions

(transitive) to attend to, to pursue, to perform

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse rœkja (reck, take care of, take care) derived from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (take care, care).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*rōkijaną

Gloss

take care, care

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

reck English
reckful English
reckless English
reckling English
geruhen German
*rēǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*rōkijaną Proto-Germanic
*rōkiþō Proto-Germanic
recken Middle English
rœkja Old Norse
røkja Faroese
*rōkijan gmw-pro
ruoken Old Dutch
*rookkidak Proto-Finnic