*rakō^²

Runic: ᚱᚨᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈrɑ.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

an unwinding, unravelling, an unfolding
a narrative, account, tale, story
argument, reasoning

Etymology

A nominalization of *rakaz (‘straight, direct’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (‘to straighten, direct’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rakō	rakôz
Acc.	rakǭ	rakōz
Gen.	rakōz	rakǫ̂
Dat.	rakōi	rakōmaz
Inst.	rakō	rakōmiz
Voc.	rakō	rakôz

Descendants

racu (Old English)
- rake (Middle English)
  - rake (English)
reahtiġan (Old English)
- rake (Middle English)
  - rake (English)
raka (Old Saxon)
rahha (Old High German)
- rache (Middle High German)
racha (Old High German)
- rache (Middle High German)
*ᚱᚨᚲᚢ (*raku) (Proto-Norse)
- rǫk (Old Norse)
  - rök (Icelandic)
*𐍂𐌰𐌺- (*rak-) (Gothic)

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