Where does “strecken” come from?

strecken (German) comes from Middle High German strecken, from Old High German strecken, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

strecken (German): to straighten, stretch; to elongate, lengthen; to...

Definitions

  1. to straighten, stretch; to elongate, lengthen; to...

Ancestry of “strecken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrecken—
2Old High Germanstrecken—
3Proto-West Germanicstrakkjanto stretch, to make straight
4Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong

Words derived from “strecken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →