Where does “trekpop” come from?
trekpop (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.
trekpop (Dutch): jumping-jack
Definitions
- jumping-jack
Ancestry of “trekpop”, step by step
trekpop 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 |
via Dutch pop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pop | doll; cocoon, pupa; guilder |
| 2 | Dutch | groep | group; circuit in an electrical installation,... |
| 3 | French | groupe | group |
| 4 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 6 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |