Where does “særtræk” come from?
særtræk (Danish) comes from Danish træk, from Danish trække, from Middle Low German trecken, from Old Saxon trekkian, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
særtræk (Danish): a characteristic/distinctive trait, quality or feature
Definitions
- a characteristic/distinctive trait, quality or feature
Ancestry of “særtræk”, step by step
særtræk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish træk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | træk | pull; touch, feature, trait; move |
| 2 | Danish | trække | to pull, drag, haul, tow; to draw; to withdraw |
| 3 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Danish sær
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sær | odd, queer, peculiar, weird; eccentric, dotty |
| 2 | Old Danish | sær | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | sér | dative of sik; second/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Old Norse | sik | oneself |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sik | Alternative form of *sek |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sīką | trickling water; a dribble; a slow brook; a... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |