Where does “deeltrekker” come from?
deeltrekker (Dutch) comes from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
deeltrekker (Dutch): a migratory bird species of which some birds migrate away from a given region, whereas others of the same species remain year-round and do not migrate
Definitions
- a migratory bird species of which some birds migrate away from a given region, whereas others of the same species remain year-round and do not migrate
Ancestry of “deeltrekker”, step by step
deeltrekker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch trekken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 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 |