Where does “Treknical” come from?
Treknical (English) comes from English Trek, from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trek, from Middle Dutch trec, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
Treknical (English): pertaining to treknobabble; pertaining to similar...
Definitions
- pertaining to treknobabble; pertaining to similar...
Ancestry of “Treknical”, step by step
Treknical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Trek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Trek | Abbreviation of Star Trek |
| 2 | Afrikaans | trek | to haul; to move; to pull |
| 3 | Dutch | trek | appetite; journey, migration; animal migration |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trec | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English technical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technical | Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts,... |
| 2 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |