Where does “treinbrug” come from?
treinbrug (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans trein, from Dutch trein, from Middle French train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere — to run.
treinbrug (Afrikaans): railway bridge
Definitions
- railway bridge
Ancestry of “treinbrug”, step by step
treinbrug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans trein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | trein | train |
| 2 | Dutch | trein | train; train, convoy, retinue, procession |
| 3 | Middle French | train | — |
| 4 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 5 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 7 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Afrikaans brug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | brug | bridge, a structure used to cross a gap or a body... |
| 2 | Dutch | brug | bridge; A substantive connection in a discourse... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | brugge | bridge; Bruges |
| 4 | Old Dutch | brugga | bridge |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bruggju | bridge |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brugjǭ | bridge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerw- | to boil, brew |