Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard. · To want (to do something); to desire to, to be inclined to, to care to. · To know about, to know of, to be aware of. · To reckon, to consider, to regard (someone or something) as.
From Middle English recken, rekken, reken, from Old Norse rœkja (compare Old English rēċċan, rēċan (“to care, reck, take care of, be interested in, care for, desire”); whence English retch), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care, take care”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēǵ-, *rēg- (“to care, help”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch roeken, Low German roken, ruken (“to reck, care”), German geruhen (“to deign, condescend”), Icelandic rækja (“to care, regard, discharge”), Danish røgte (“to care, tend”), Swedish rykta (“to groom”). See reckon.
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- Inherited-form mentionreckenenm
- Derivation mentionrœkjanon
- Cognate mentionrēċċanang
- Cognate mentionretchen
- Derivation mention*rōkijanągem-pro · to care, take care
- Derivation mention*rēǵ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionroekennl
- Cognate mentionrokennds
- Cognate mentiongeruhende
- Cognate mentionrækjais
- Cognate mentionrøgteda
- Cognate mentionryktasv
This page abbreviates 2 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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