Where does “Răculești” come from?

Răculești (Romanian) comes from Old English racu, from Proto-West Germanic *raku, from Proto-Germanic rakō, from Proto-Germanic rak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

Ancestry of “Răculești”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishracuexplanation; narrative; argument, reasoning;...
2Proto-West Germanic*raku—
3Proto-Germanicrakōdirection, course, path, track; an unwinding,...
4Proto-Germanicrak-to gather, heap up
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rakō →