Where does “trekkable” come from?
trekkable (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.
trekkable (English): Capable of being traversed by trekking
Definitions
- Capable of being traversed by trekking
Ancestry of “trekkable”, step by step
trekkable 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 able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |