Where does “skuldertræk” come from?
skuldertræk (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.
skuldertræk (Danish): shrug
Definitions
- shrug
Ancestry of “skuldertræk”, step by step
skuldertræk 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 |