Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rank

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rankaz.

Adjective

*rank

1. erect, upright

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*rank
Genitive	*rankas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rank	*ranku	*rank
Accusative	*rankanā	*rankā	*rank
Genitive	*rankas	*rankeʀā	*rankas
Dative	*rankumē	*rankeʀē	*rankumē
Instrumental	*ranku	*rankeʀu	*ranku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rankē	*rankō	*ranku
Accusative	*rankā	*rankā	*ranku
Genitive	*rankeʀō	*rankeʀō	*rankeʀō
Dative	*rankēm, *rankum	*rankēm, *rankum	*rankēm, *rankum
Instrumental	*rankēm, *rankum	*rankēm, *rankum	*rankēm, *rankum

Descendants

• Old English: ranc
  • English: rank
• Old Dutch: *ranc
  • Middle Dutch: ranc
    • Dutch: rank
• Old Saxon: *rank
  • Middle Low German: rank
    • Low German: rank
    • → German: rank
• → Vulgar Latin: *rancus (possible merging with *hring (“ring”))
  • Old French: reng, renc, renk, renge, renke, rang, ranc
    • Middle French: ranc, rang
      • French: rang
      • → Middle English: rank
        • English: rank
    • Picard: râng (Athois)
    • Walloon: ran (Forrières), rang (Liégeois)
    • → Middle English: renge, reng
  • Old Occitan: reng, renc
    • Occitan: reng
    • Old Catalan: rench
      • Catalan: reng