Where does “reic” come from?
reic (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish reccaid, from Old Irish recc, from English recommend, from Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
reic (Scottish Gaelic): sell; verbal noun of reic
Definitions
- sell; verbal noun of reic
Ancestry of “reic”, step by step
reic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Irish reccaid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | reccaid | sells, barters, exchanges |
| 2 | Old Irish | recc | — |
| 3 | English | recommend | To bestow commendation on; to represent... |
| 4 | Middle English | recommenden | To entrust someone or something to another's... |
| 5 | Old French | recommender | — |
| 6 | Latin | commendare | present active infinitive of commendō;... |
| 7 | Latin | commendo | I commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Old English reċċan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | reċċan | to stretch, extend; to stretch out, extend |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | rakkjan | to stretch, to straighten |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rakjaną | to stretch, to straighten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃roǵéyeti | to straighten, to make straight, to cause to be... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |