Where does “traquer” come from?
traquer (French) comes from Middle French trac, 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, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
traquer (French): to track, follow; to track down, hunt down; to...
Definitions
- to track, follow; to track down, hunt down; to...
Ancestry of “traquer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | trac | — |
| 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 |