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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *rekaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_rekaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_h3regeti" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*h₃réǵeti</orth>
          <def>to make straight</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_rekana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rekaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>rekaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈre.kɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚱᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to rake up, to pile up, to heap up</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3regeti"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3regeti">*h₃réǵeti</ref></mentioned> (‘to make straight’), via semantic shift "make straight" &gt; "erect (a pile)" &gt; "rake and pile up".</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>rekō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>rekaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>rekai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rikizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rekaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rek</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rekazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rekaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rikidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rekai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rekadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rekadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rekaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>rekōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>rekaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>rekadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>rekaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>rekadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rekamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rekaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rikid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rekaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rikid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rekandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rekain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rekandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>rak</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>rēkį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>raht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>rēkīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rak</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>rēkī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>rēkū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>rēkīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>rēkudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>rēkīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rēkum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>rēkīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rēkud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>rēkīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rēkun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>rēkīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>rekandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>rekanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>rekaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>reka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*recan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>rēken, reecken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>reken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>recan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>reken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>reke</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>reke, reik</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rëhhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rëchen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>rechan</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>rechen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*rekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*rekan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>rēken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>reken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>?</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>rag</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (rikan)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Catalan</lang>
                    <orth>recar</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Italian</lang>
                    <orth>recare</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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