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Where does “*rakintā” come from?

*rakintā (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic *rakintǭ, from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- — to bind; straight, direct; straight, right.

Ancestry of “*rakintā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*rakintǭ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreǵ-to bind; straight, direct; straight, right
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