Where does “tracks” come from?
Tracks derives from Middle English trak, Old French trac, Old Norse traðk, Old Dutch trecken, and Proto-Germanic trakjaną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dreg- meaning to draw or pull.
tracks (English): plural of track; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of track; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “tracks”, step by step
| 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 |