Where does “truicear” come from?
truicear (Irish) comes from English tricker, from Dutch trekker, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
truicear (Irish): trigger
Ancestry of “truicear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tricker | One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical... |
| 2 | Dutch | trekker | puller; trigger; tractor |
| 3 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “truicear”