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 *Hrokénom, from an en-stem derivative of an uncertain root, probably Proto-Indo-European *Hrek- (“to speak”). Related to Old Church Slavonic рокъ (rokŭ, “time”), Russian рок (rok, “fate”). Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰-𐍂𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 f (ga-rēhsns, “*decision; schedule, plan”) and 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan, “to reckon, consider”), with distinct semantics from the parallel *-jan- verb *rahnijaną (“to plunder”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.ɣi.nɑ̃/

Noun

*raginą n

  1. decision, advice, counsel
  2. (in the plural) the gods, the ruling powers

Inflection

Declension 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: *ragin
    • Old English: *reġin (in given names)
      • ⇒ Old English: reġn-, reġen-, reġin-, rēn- (see there for further descendants)
    • Old High German: *regin[2] (in given names)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina)
    • Old Norse: regin n pl, (in names) ragn-
  • 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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 401
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*regin”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 6th edition
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