Where does “kurkentrekker” come from?
kurkentrekker (Dutch) comes from Dutch trekker, 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 — he, she.
kurkentrekker (Dutch): corkscrew, implement for removing a sealing cork;...
Definitions
- corkscrew, implement for removing a sealing cork;...
Ancestry of “kurkentrekker”, step by step
kurkentrekker traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch trekker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | trekker | puller; trigger; tractor |
| 2 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English corkscrew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corkscrew | An implement for opening bottles that are sealed... |
| 2 | English | screw | A device that has a helical function; The motion... |
| 3 | Middle English | screw | — |
| 4 | Old French | escroue | nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole; scroll, strip... |
| 5 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Dutch kurk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kurk | cork |