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

Definitions

  1. to calculate, to compute

Ancestry of “reikna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsereikna—
2Middle Low Germanrēkenen—
3Old Saxonrekenōn—
4Proto-Germanicrekanōnąto count; to explain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “reikna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rekanōną →Every word from Old Saxon rekenōn →