Where does “Traktor” come from?

Traktor (German) comes from Russian тра́ктор, from Latin tractor, from Latin tracto, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.

Traktor (German): tractor

Definitions

  1. tractor

Ancestry of “Traktor”, step by step

Traktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian тра́ктор

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтра́кторtractor
2Latintractorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
3LatintractoI tug, drag or haul; I handle or manage; I...
4Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
5Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
7Proto-Italictraɣō
8Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

via Dutch tractor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtractortractor agricultural vehicle
2EnglishtractorA vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm...
3New Latintractorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...

Words derived from “Traktor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-