reckless

reckless
reckless O.E. receleas "careless, thoughtless, heedless," earlier reccileas, from -leas "-less" + *rece, recce "care, heed," from reccan "to care," from W.Gmc. *rokjan (Cf. O.S. rokjan, M.Du. roeken, O.N. rækja "to care for," O.H.G. giruochan "to care for, have regard to," Ger. geruhen "to deign," which is influenced by ruhen "to rest"). No known cognates outside Germanic.
The same affixed form is in Ger. ruchlos, Du. roekeloos "wicked." Root verb RECK (Cf. reck) (O.E. reccan) is passing into obscurity. The -k- sound is probably a northern influence from Norse.

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