Where does “track-mounted” come from?
track-mounted (English) comes from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
track-mounted (English): Mounted on tracks
Definitions
- Mounted on tracks
Ancestry of “track-mounted”, step by step
track-mounted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English track
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | track | A mark left by something that has passed along; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 3 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English mounted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mounted | on horseback; raised on steps, generally three,... |
| 2 | English | Mount | OS grid ref SW7856 |
| 3 | Middle English | mount | A mountain; a mount or peak, especially the Alps |
| 4 | Old English | munt | a hill, mound; a mount or mountain |
| 5 | Latin | mōns | mountain, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *monts | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |