Lemizh / English dictionary
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Ràks.
dat: should do something-acc, shall we do something-acc?;
recommend, suggest someone-dat [to do] something-acc (see unit 13, Overview of the modals)
Etymology
< NLem Ranks‑a
< LMLem, MLem Rankt‑a ‘command’
< OLem xankt‑ ‘force, compel’
< PLem *xanks‑ ‘want’, s-desiderative of
< PIE *h₂nek̑‑ ‘reach’
Cognates
Eng e‑nough, Lat nancīscor ‘stumble on, obtain, reach, find’