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racu

racu

Old English

Noun

racu f

  1. exposition, explanation, observation, account, narrative
  2. argument, reasoning; reason
  3. rhetoric
  4. comedy
  5. (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".

Noun

racu f

  1. rake
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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakō, from Proto-Indo-European *reg- ‎(“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rahha ‎(“affair, cause, reason, account”).

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