Where does “reikna” come from?
reikna (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse reikna, from Middle Low German rēkenen, from Old Saxon rekenōn, from Proto-Germanic rekanōną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
reikna (Icelandic): to calculate, to compute
Ancestry of “reikna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | reikna | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rēkenen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | rekenōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |