Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. · A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table. · A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line. · A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Danish rage (chiefly regional), Middle Dutch rāke, rēke (modern Dutch raak, reek (both regional), riek (“pitchfork, rake”)), Middle Low German rāke, racke (modern German Low German Raak (“rake; poker”)), Old High German rehho, rech (Middle High German reche, modern German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel”) (modern Icelandic reka (“shovel”)), Old Saxon recho, Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“rake; (long) straight section of a road”)).
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- Root classification mention*h₃reǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionrakeenm
- Inherited-form mentionracaang
- Inherited-form mention*rakōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₃reǵ-ine-pro · to straighten, right oneself
- Cognate mentionrageda
- Cognate mentionrākedum
- Cognate mentionraaknl
- Cognate mentionrākegml
- Cognate mentionrehhogoh
- Cognate mentionrechegmh
- Cognate mentionRechende · rake
- Cognate mentionrekanon · shovel
- Cognate mentionrekais · shovel
- Cognate mentionrechoosx
- Cognate mentionrakagmq-osw
- Cognate mentionrakasv · rake; (long) straight section of a road
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