Where does “stracks” come from?

stracks (German) comes from Middle Low German strackes, from Middle High German strac, from Old High German strac, from Proto-Germanic strakkaz, from Proto-Indo-European streg-.

stracks (German): directly, immediately, straightway

Definitions

  1. directly, immediately, straightway

Ancestry of “stracks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstrackesstretched, right away
2Middle High Germanstractight; straight
3Old High Germanstrac—
4Proto-GermanicstrakkazAlternative form of *strakaz; straight, tight,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstreg-—

Words derived from “stracks”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European streg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic strakkaz →Every word from Old High German strac →