Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raikijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raikijaną.

Verb

*raikijan

1. to reach

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*raikijan
1st sg. past	*raikidā
Infinitive	*raikijan
Genitive infin.	*raikijannjas
Dative infin.	*raikijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*raikijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*raikiju	*raikidā
2nd singular	*raikisi	*raikidēs, *raikidōs
3rd singular	*raikiþi	*raikidē, *raikidā
1st plural	*raikijum	*raikidum
2nd plural	*raikiþ	*raikidud
3rd plural	*raikijanþ	*raikidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*raikijē	*raikidī
2nd singular	*raikijēs	*raikidī
3rd singular	*raikijē	*raikidī
1st plural	*raikijēm	*raikidīm
2nd plural	*raikijēþ	*raikidīd
3rd plural	*raikijēn	*raikidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*raiki
Plural	*raikiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*raikijandī	*raikid

Descendants

• Old English: rǣċan
  • Middle English: rechen
    • Scots: reche, reich
    • English: reach
• Old Frisian: rēka, rētza
  • North Frisian: reke
  • Saterland Frisian: räkke
  • West Frisian: reke, rikke
• Old Saxon: *rēkian
  • Middle Low German: rêken, rêiken
    • German Low German: recken
• Old Dutch: *reiken
  • Middle Dutch: reiken
    • Dutch: reiken
      • Afrikaans: reik
• Old High German: reichen, reihhen
  • Middle High German: reichen
    • Bavarian: reicha, reichn
    • Cimbrian: rékhan
    • German: reichen
    • Yiddish: גרייכן (greykhn)