Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rakkô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to tie, bind”). The "dog" sense may be a separate word, as the Old English shows a differing declension to the Old Norse, and appears to be derived from a u-stem. Compare also Old High German brakko (“beagle, hunting dog”), brekka (“bitch, setter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑk.kɔːː/

Noun

*rakkô m

cord; strap
dog

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *rakkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rakkô	*rakkaniz
vocative	*rakkô	*rakkaniz
accusative	*rakkanų	*rakkanunz
genitive	*rakkiniz	*rakkanǫ̂
dative	*rakkini	*rakkammaz
instrumental	*rakkinē	*rakkammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rakkō (“parrel”); *rak(k)u (“hound”) (?)
- Old English: racca; ræċċ (< *rakkuz ?)
  - Middle English: rakke (“parrel; parrel-rope”); racche (“hunting dog”)
    - ⇒ English: rackie (“parrel”); ratch, rach (“hunting dog”)
    - ⇒ Scots: rakie, rackie, rakki (“parrel”)
- >? Old Saxon: *rak(k), *rek(k)
  - Middle Low German: rēke (“large farm dog”)
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: rēkel, reckel
      - German Low German: Rekel
      - → Middle Dutch: rekel
        Dutch: rekel (“watchdog, hunting dog, male dog”)
- Old High German: *rahh, *rach
  - Middle High German: *rache
    - German: Rache (“scent-hound”) (attested once in early NHG)
    - Alemannic German: Rache
Old Norse: rakki
- Icelandic: rakki
- Faroese: rakki (“parrel", also "[young] dog”)
- Norwegian: rakke (dialectal)
- Elfdalian: rakke
- (Gutnish: hundrakkrar)
- → Finnish: rakki

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