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Where does “raikijan” come from?

raikijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic raikijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-.

raikijan (Proto-West Germanic): to reach

Definitions

  1. to reach

Ancestry of “raikijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicraikijanąTo stretch out; reach
2Proto-Indo-European*Hreyǵ-—

Words derived from “raikijan”

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