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Where does “rakjaną” come from?

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

rakjaną (Proto-Germanic): to stretch, to straighten

Definitions

  1. to stretch, to straighten

Ancestry of “rakjaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃roǵéyetito straighten, to make straight, to cause to be...
2Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “rakjaną”

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