Where does “strekken” come from?

strekken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch strecken, from Old Dutch strecken, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

strekken (Dutch): to stretch, to extend, to reach; to reach, to...

Definitions

  1. to stretch, to extend, to reach; to reach, to...

Ancestry of “strekken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstreckento stretch, to stretch out; to spread; to stretch...
2Old Dutchstreckento stretch
3Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
4Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “strekken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan →Every word from Old Dutch strecken →