Where does “vertragen” come from?

vertragen (Dutch) comes from Dutch traag, from Middle Dutch trâge, from Old Dutch trāgi, from Proto-Germanic trēgijaz.

vertragen (Dutch): to slow down, to delay

Definitions

  1. to slow down, to delay

Ancestry of “vertragen”, step by step

vertragen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch traag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtraagslow
2Middle Dutchtrâgeslow, sluggish
3Old Dutchtrāgi—
4Proto-Germanictrēgijaz—

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"

Words derived from “vertragen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic trēgijaz →Every word from Old Dutch trāgi →Every word from Middle Dutch trâge →