Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rankaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editDerived by ablaut from an unattested verb *rinkaną, itself a nasal-infix present from the root Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*rankaz
Inflection
editDeclension of *rankaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rankaz | *rankai | *rankō | *rankôz | *ranką, -atō | *rankō |
Accusative | *rankanǭ | *rankanz | *rankǭ | *rankōz | *ranką, -atō | *rankō |
Genitive | *rankas, -is | *rankaizǫ̂ | *rankaizōz | *rankaizǫ̂ | *rankas, -is | *rankaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *rankammai | *rankaimaz | *rankaizōi | *rankaimaz | *rankammai | *rankaimaz |
Instrumental | *rankanō | *rankaimiz | *rankaizō | *rankaimiz | *rankanō | *rankaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rankô | *rankaniz | *rankǭ | *rankōniz | *rankô | *rankōnō |
Accusative | *rankanų | *rankanunz | *rankōnų | *rankōnunz | *rankô | *rankōnō |
Genitive | *rankiniz | *rankanǫ̂ | *rankōniz | *rankōnǫ̂ | *rankiniz | *rankanǫ̂ |
Dative | *rankini | *rankammaz | *rankōni | *rankōmaz | *rankini | *rankammaz |
Instrumental | *rankinē | *rankammiz | *rankōnē | *rankōmiz | *rankinē | *rankammiz |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *rank
- Old Norse: rakkr (West), *rankr (East)
Further reading
edit- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “rank”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN