rackie

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*reǵ-“to tie, bind”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rakkô“rope, cord”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*rakkō
4. Old English · derived fromracca“parrel”
5. Middle English · derived fromrak
6. English todayrackie

A diminutive ( + -ie) formed from Middle English rak, rack, rakke (“parrel”), from Old English racca (“parrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkō, from Proto-Germanic *rakkô (“rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to tie, bind”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rakke (“parrel”).

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