Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand). · To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over. · To stretch out the hand. · To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
The act of stretching or extending; extension. · The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown. · The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. · Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”). Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
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- Root classification mention*h₃reǵ-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*Hreyǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionrechenenm
- Inherited-form mentionrǣċanang · to reach
- Inherited-form mention*raikijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*raikijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*Hreyǵ-ine-pro · to bind, reach
- Cognate mentionreikennl
- Cognate mentionreichende
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