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Where does “rechen” come from?

rechen (Middle English) comes from Old English rǣċan, from Proto-Germanic rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃roǵéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “rechen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrǣċanto reach
2Proto-Germanicrakjanąto stretch, to straighten
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃roǵéyetito straighten, to make straight, to cause to be...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “rechen”

  • reach
  • reaching
  • outreach
  • reachable
  • unreachable
  • farreaching
  • reachability
  • retch
  • reacheth
  • reacher
  • reacht
  • reachest
  • unreachability
  • unreachably
  • underreach
  • forereach
  • reachless
  • unreach
  • unreachableness
  • eyereach
  • atreach
  • reachlessness
  • earreach
  • ear-reach
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