racu
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑku/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rakō, from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rahha (“affair, cause, reason, account”).
Noun
racu f
- exposition, explanation, observation, account, narrative
- argument, reasoning; reason
- rhetoric
- comedy
- (personified) Reason
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Etymology 2
Fem. form of Old English raca (“rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rakô (“rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rak- (“to gather, heap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rehho (“rake”) (German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel, spade”), Gothic rikan "to collect, heap up".
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Descendants
- English rake
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