rekken
Dutch (Brabantic)
verb
Definitions
- to stretch
- to prolong (in duration)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch recken inherited from Old Dutch *rekken 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
- rax English
- raxle English
- verrekken Dutch, Flemish
- *h₃roǵéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *rakjaną Proto-Germanic
- reccan Old English
- rǣċan Old English
- raxen Middle English
- rekja Old Norse
- recken Middle Dutch
- recchen Old High German
- *rakkjan gmw-pro
- *recken Old Dutch
- *rekken Old Dutch
- *rakjoidak Proto-Finnic
- rekkian Old Saxon