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Where does “trácht” come from?

trácht (Irish) comes from Old Irish trácht, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

trácht (Irish): strand, beach; verbal noun of trácht; going,...

Definitions

  1. strand, beach; verbal noun of trácht; going,...

Ancestry of “trácht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtráchttrade, intercourse; movement, travelling; the...
2Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “trácht”

  • clostrácht
  • atrácht
  • tréthrácht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →