Where does “achternagaan” come from?
achternagaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch achterna, from Dutch na, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
achternagaan (Dutch): to run after, to go after
Definitions
- to run after, to go after
Ancestry of “achternagaan”, step by step
achternagaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch achterna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | achterna | after, behind, following (in movement) |
| 2 | Dutch | na | after; bar, except; close |
| 3 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |