Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “treg-”
145 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European treg- — including straight, stretch, straightforward, stretching, straighten, straightway, stretcher, straightforwardly.
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English (52)
- straight
- stretch
- straightforward
- stretching
- straighten
- straightway
- stretcher
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- stretchy
- stretcheth
- stretchable
- homestretch
- backstretch
- straightener
- stretchest
- stretchability
- stretchiness
- prestretch
- straightish
- nonstraight
- nonstretchable
- nonstretch
- restraighten
- midstretch
- unstraight
- restretch
- unstraightforward
- straightforth
- straightface
- nonstretchy
- unstraightforwardness
- straightwise
- straighteneth
- unstraighten
- stretcherless
- antistraight
- stretch out
- stretchily
- stretchably
- straightenable
- nonstraightenable
- unstraightenable
- straighty
- straighthorn
- unstraightforwardly
- straightsplain
- straightenest
- forestretch
- straighthood
- quasistraight
- microstretch