Etymology of rax

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

To stretch; stretch out. · To reach out; reach or attain to. · To extend the hand to; hand or pass something. · To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something

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From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

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Inherited-form mentionraxenenm
Inherited-form mentionraxanang
Derivation mentionrǣċanang
Derivation mention*rakjanągem-pro · to stretch
Derivation mention*reǵ-ine-pro · to make straight
Cognate mentionrekkennl · to stretch
Cognate mentionreckende · to stretch
Cognate mentionräckasv · to suffice, reach, pass, last

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Source etymology 2

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noun

barracks

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Shortening of barracks.

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