Where does “trekkeur” come from?
trekkeur (French) comes from English Trekker, 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 — he, she.
trekkeur (French): trekker; hiker
Ancestry of “trekkeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Trekker | A fan of the TV science fiction series "Star... |
| 2 | English | Trek | Abbreviation of Star Trek |
| 3 | Afrikaans | trek | to haul; to move; to pull |
| 4 | Dutch | trek | appetite; journey, migration; animal migration |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trec | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |