Where does “trekkja” come from?
trekkja (Icelandic) comes from Danish trække, from Middle Low German trecken, from Old Saxon trekkian, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
trekkja (Icelandic): to wind
Definitions
- to wind
Ancestry of “trekkja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | trække | to pull, drag, haul, tow; to draw; to withdraw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |