Where does “track” come from?
Track comes from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Old Norse traðk, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dreg-.
track (English): A mark left by something that has passed along; A...
Definitions
- A mark left by something that has passed along; A...
Ancestry of “track”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 2 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 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 |