reck
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider.
- (transitive) To concern, to be important or earnest.
- (intransitive) To think.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English recken derived from Old Norse rœkja (reck, take care of, take care) derived from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (take care, care) derived from Proto-Indo-European *rēǵ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*rēǵ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reckful English
- reckfulness English
- reckless English
- recklesser English
- recklessest English
- recklessly English
- recklessness English
- reckling English
- retch English
- wretchless English
- geruhen German
- geruhsam German
- roekeloos Dutch, Flemish
- roeken Dutch, Flemish
- *rēǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *rōkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *rōkiþō Proto-Germanic
- receleas Old English
- rēċċan Old English
- *recchen Middle English
- recken Middle English
- rekles Middle English
- rœkja Old Norse
- rœkta Old Norse
- røgte Danish
- rækja Icelandic
- roeken Middle Dutch
- røkja Faroese
- *rōkijan gmw-pro
- ruoken Old Dutch
- *rookkidak Proto-Finnic