Where does “traktorfører” come from?
traktorfører (Danish) comes from German Traktor, from Russian тра́ктор, from Latin tractor, from Latin tracto, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.
traktorfører (Danish): tractor driver
Definitions
- tractor driver
Ancestry of “traktorfører”, step by step
traktorfører traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Traktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Traktor | tractor |
| 2 | Russian | тра́ктор | tractor |
| 3 | Latin | tractor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | tracto | I tug, drag or haul; I handle or manage; I... |
| 5 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Danish fører
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fører | leader; guide; fuehrer |
| 2 | Danish | føre | state of the roads; to lead, guide; to wage |
| 3 | Old Norse | fœri | opportunity, chance; line and tackle; inflection... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōriją | situation, opportunity |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fōriz | able to go, passable |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |