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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raginą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *Hrokéno-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrok-, possibly further to *Hrek- (“to speak”). Related to Old Church Slavonic рокъ (rokŭ, “time”), Russian рок (rok, “fate”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/

Noun

*raginą n

  1. decision, advice, counsel

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *raginą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *raginą *raginō
vocative *raginą *raginō
accusative *raginą *raginō
genitive *raginas, *raginis *raginǫ̂
dative *raginai *raginamaz
instrumental *raginō *raginamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic:
    • Old English: reġen-, reġn- (found in compounds)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina)
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin)
  • Vandalic: *ragin- (in personal names)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ragina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 401
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